---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage - As enacted, establishes provisions governing marriage by proxy for persons in the armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3."
description: "Marriage - As enacted, establishes provisions governing marriage by proxy for persons in the armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 463"
citation: "Tennessee HB 463 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Staples"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a50b0a59-50ae-4c1d-9cc0-ddbe5a088a30"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0463&GA=110"
source_hash: "a984957daa775a97cede408dbbecb2dd9cd6701fce82e14007ee3c8efb05c993"
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 463 (110) — Marriage - As enacted, establishes provisions governing marriage by proxy for persons in the armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3.

## 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/HB0463.pdf)

## Votes

- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/1/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-28** Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Failed for lack of second in: Civil Justice Committee
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0243)
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0524) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0524) `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 397
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 397
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a50b0a59-50ae-4c1d-9cc0-ddbe5a088a30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).