---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - As enacted, makes various changes to zero to three courts, including adding five additional safe baby courts and extending such courts to January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36; Title 37 and Chapter 366 of the Public Acts of 2017."
description: "Courts - As enacted, makes various changes to zero to three courts, including adding five additional safe baby courts and extending such courts to January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36; Title 37 and Chapter 366 of the Public Acts of 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "Tennessee SB 649 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a341625f-9c1f-4b43-8722-e1568eb7aa92"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0649&GA=111"
source_hash: "c58ff18a24070713692a9a17b56df549ac994a47db2e75af83d79bae67853c5b"
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 649 (111) — Courts - As enacted, makes various changes to zero to three courts, including adding five additional safe baby courts and extending such courts to January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36; Title 37 and Chapter 366 of the Public Acts of 2017.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0342.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0211.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0424** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0424.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0649.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/10/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/24/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/2/2019 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0342) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0211)
- **2019-04-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0424)
- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 383
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 383

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a341625f-9c1f-4b43-8722-e1568eb7aa92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).