{"bill":{"bill_key":"TN-HB2082-2026","title":"AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15, relative to children.","side":"anti","state":"TN","year":2026,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"passed","summary":"AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15, relative to children.","notes":"Says that misgendering your trans kid, treating them as their AGAB, and withholding GAC isn't abuse; Based on Heritage's \"Defining Abuse Child Protection Act\"; crossfiled with SB 1989","types_str":"Child Custody Bill: DACPA","sponsor_mix":"R","final_margin_pct":72.2,"url":"https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/HB2082/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"last_updated":"2026-10-13T12:00:59.646Z","bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 2082, 114th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Tenn. 2026), https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2082&ga=114.","short":"Tenn. H.B. 2082."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Mary Littleton","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"HD-078","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-15501"},{"name":"Michele Reneau","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"HD-027","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-25243"},{"name":"Monty Fritts","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"HD-032","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-23186"},{"name":"Bud Hulsey","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"HD-002","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-16860"},{"name":"Jake McCalmon","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"HD-063","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-23187"},{"name":"Elaine Davis","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"HD-018","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-24117"}],"citations":["TN:37-1","TN:37-1-102","TN:37-1-113","TN:37-1-116","TN:37-1-117","TN:37-1-120","TN:37-1-128","TN:37-1-130","TN:37-1-132","TN:37-1-147","TN:37-1-174","TN:37-1-175","TN:39-15-401","TN:39-15-402"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":5838,"pdf_href":"/bills/TN-HB2082-2026/pdf/0/intro"},{"role":"final","label":"As enrolled or final","chars":6095,"pdf_href":"/bills/TN-HB2082-2026/pdf/0/final"}]},"status_changes":[{"from_status":"pending|passed","to_status":"failed|passed","changed_at":"2026-10-13T12:00:59.646Z"}]}