---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, allows the district public guardian to serve as conservator for disabled persons younger than 60 years of age, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Section 34-7-104."
description: "Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, allows the district public guardian to serve as conservator for disabled persons younger than 60 years of age, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Section 34-7-104."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 686"
citation: "Tennessee HB 686 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardians and Conservators"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/159d2df5-f193-49a3-ae41-bad323e82f81"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0686&GA=111"
source_hash: "168361a67e3fc69901bb9a64278c6a22e02b5a11928a9fc7b2004243dd920aae"
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 686 (111) — Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, allows the district public guardian to serve as conservator for disabled persons younger than 60 years of age, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Section 34-7-104.

## 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/111/Bill/HB0686.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 230
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 230

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/159d2df5-f193-49a3-ae41-bad323e82f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).