---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage - As enacted, adds federal administrative law judges to the list of officials authorized to solemnize marriages. - Amends TCA Section 36-3-301."
description: "Marriage - As enacted, adds federal administrative law judges to the list of officials authorized to solemnize marriages. - Amends TCA Section 36-3-301."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 276"
citation: "Tennessee HB 276 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCormick", "Overbey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a772d09-50ba-456d-9035-f4a8860d3a80"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0276&GA=110"
source_hash: "9a36f7b82a9243b7d3faa0fb2b6266c2dab80115d925d7b63b5fbf04f6d23592"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 276 (110) — Marriage - As enacted, adds federal administrative law judges to the list of officials authorized to solemnize marriages. - Amends TCA Section 36-3-301.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0276.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2017 4/6/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/22/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCormick — primary (person)
- Overbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 288
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 288

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a772d09-50ba-456d-9035-f4a8860d3a80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).