TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 15, 2024

Gov. Bill Lee has signed three bills into law in the last few days. HB2124/SB2576 requires local police to work with ICE whenever an undocumented person is detained. The Associated Press reports on that measure. HB2169/SB1738 prevents the Department of Children’s Services from requiring foster parents to support LGBT rights, meaning the parents in question do not have to accept a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity to become the caregiver. Courthouse News has more on that bill. Finally, HB1726/SB2359 prohibits the Department of Children’s Services from requiring an immunization for foster parents. Before this change the families had to be vaccinated against the flu and whooping cough in an effort to protect medically fragile children, according to The Nashville Scene.