---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, rewrites the provisions for requests for review of a juvenile court case heard by a magistrate by changing the right from a de novo hearing by the juvenile court judge to a review by the juvenile court judge with a presumption of correctness as to the magistrate's order; makes other relevant revisions. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1."
description: "Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, rewrites the provisions for requests for review of a juvenile court case heard by a magistrate by changing the right from a de novo hearing by the juvenile court judge to a review by the juvenile court judge with a presumption of correctness as to the magistrate's order; makes other relevant revisions. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1186"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1186 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Juvenile"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/664551b4-c826-418f-9f79-53ca9d94e50d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1186&GA=113"
source_hash: "e6a3412b6b34130420b380c272ca41df70296f3446bedf8ec022183e969d77f7"
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 1186 (113) — Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, rewrites the provisions for requests for review of a juvenile court case heard by a magistrate by changing the right from a de novo hearing by the juvenile court judge to a review by the juvenile court judge with a presumption of correctness as to the magistrate's order; makes other relevant revisions. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1186.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/6/2023 3/2/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/21/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
- **2023-03-02** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-03-06** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-31** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/25/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 241

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/664551b4-c826-418f-9f79-53ca9d94e50d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).