---
type: "Bill"
title: "Orders of Protection - As enacted, revises the population brackets that determine which courts have jurisdiction to issue orders of protection in domestic relations cases. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 36."
description: "Orders of Protection - As enacted, revises the population brackets that determine which courts have jurisdiction to issue orders of protection in domestic relations cases. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 36."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 562"
citation: "Tennessee SB 562 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Orders of Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4151bc11-9acc-45c2-9f58-e9a8f6a38bf9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0562&GA=111"
source_hash: "673c0c4ec4bb303ad2f6ddb9dde561bf28e54fced7b90a62cc0cf2b67401fb4a"
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 562 (111) — Orders of Protection - As enacted, revises the population brackets that determine which courts have jurisdiction to issue orders of protection in domestic relations cases. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 36.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0339.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0410** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0410.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0562.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/2/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0339) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0410)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 433
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 433
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4151bc11-9acc-45c2-9f58-e9a8f6a38bf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).