2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB0698: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 71, relative to child care.

Legislative Summary

As introduced, requires an LEA in which a child care facility operates to submit a comprehensive list of all underutilized or vacant property to the department of human services and the comptroller of the treasury and to make the list available to each child care facility operating in the LEA; grants certain owners of a child care facility that operates in an LEA a first or second right of refusal to lease or purchase underutilized or vacant property listed by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.

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Bill History

2/3/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
P2C, ref. to Education Committee- Government Operations for Review
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/18/2025
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/18/2025
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/25/2025
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/25/2025
House of Representatives
3/24/2025
Sponsor(s) Added pur Rule 52
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
3/25/2025
6
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/3/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Karen Camper
Karen Camper
Democrat

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Draft
Bill Text3/25/202516.5 KB
Draft
Bill Text2/5/202516.5 KB
Draft
Bill Text2/3/202516.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/21/2025137.2 KB