THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TN HB2082 (2026)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15, relative to children.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Session
- 114th General Assembly
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Comp. became Pub. Ch. 846
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Child Custody Bill
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Draft text (Jan 23, 2026) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Chaptered text (May 1, 2026) at publications.tnsosfiles.com(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Filed for introduction | |
| House | Intro., P1C. | |
| House | P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee | |
| House | Assigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee | |
| House | Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/17/2026 | |
| House | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2026 | |
| House | Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/11/2026 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2026 | |
| House | Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2026 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026 | |
| House | Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026 | |
| House | Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026 | |
| House | Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee | |
| House | Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026 | |
| House | H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 | |
| House | Comp. SB subst. | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| Comp. became Pub. Ch. 846 |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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