---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, establishes a process for the transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship matter from the court appointing the guardian or conservator to a court in another county of this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4 and Title 34, Chapter 8."
description: "Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, establishes a process for the transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship matter from the court appointing the guardian or conservator to a court in another county of this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4 and Title 34, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1994"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1994 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardians and Conservators"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0ba385a-c551-452e-b008-b8ffb5e934dc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1994&GA=113"
source_hash: "b2801b5b29c879c524031deb0ff209983d710a18b39765825f924438dec4af01"
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 1994 (113) — Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, establishes a process for the transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship matter from the court appointing the guardian or conservator to a court in another county of this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4 and Title 34, Chapter 8.

## 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/HB1994.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2024 2/22/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/13/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
- **2024-03-19** Pub. Ch. 542

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0ba385a-c551-452e-b008-b8ffb5e934dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).