---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence - As enacted, removes the authority of a magistrate to issue a temporary order of protection to the victim upon the arrest of a person for a domestic violence offense and replaces it with the requirement that, upon a finding that the arrested person is a safety threat to the alleged victim, the magistrate impose conditions of bail designed to protect the alleged victim. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1 and Section 40-32-101."
description: "Domestic Violence - As enacted, removes the authority of a magistrate to issue a temporary order of protection to the victim upon the arrest of a person for a domestic violence offense and replaces it with the requirement that, upon a finding that the arrested person is a safety threat to the alleged victim, the magistrate impose conditions of bail designed to protect the alleged victim. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1 and Section 40-32-101."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1735"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1735 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Violence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33d04a7d-729d-440e-8193-ba6691d05133"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1735&GA=110"
source_hash: "96cfa95ddb164cd7f6450eedf4dbd1f0aa9f322601cc20b073d13854ad33aaeb"
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 SB 1735 (110) — Domestic Violence - As enacted, removes the authority of a magistrate to issue a temporary order of protection to the victim upon the arrest of a person for a domestic violence offense and replaces it with the requirement that, upon a finding that the arrested person is a safety threat to the alleged victim, the magistrate impose conditions of bail designed to protect the alleged victim. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1 and Section 40-32-101.

## 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/SB1735.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelsey — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-01** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 586
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 586
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33d04a7d-729d-440e-8193-ba6691d05133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).