---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safety - As enacted, enacts the \"Riley Gaines Women's Safety and Protection Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 68."
description: "Safety - As enacted, enacts the \"Riley Gaines Women's Safety and Protection Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 468"
citation: "Tennessee SB 468 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1be5809-f3ee-4d5d-957a-08f516baea23"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0468&ga=114"
source_hash: "c87952a2d693b8600a6f8ab5aba2088857ae7aeed7429baab646004afb9af59b"
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 468 (114) — Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Riley Gaines Women's Safety and Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0370** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0370.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0416** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0416.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0417** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0417.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0418.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0143** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0143.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA0559** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0559.pdf)
7. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0468.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/22/2026 Passed — **71–18** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **72–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed — **71–20** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/21/2026 Passed — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY BEHN PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed — **72–21** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY BEHN PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed — **73–20** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/3/2026 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY BEHN PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed — **73–19** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/18/2025 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0143)
- **2025-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Am. tabled. (Amendment 4 - HA0418) `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-15** Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0417) `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-15** Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0416) `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0370) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-21** Re-refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-25** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/12/2026
- **2026-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-12** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
- **2026-03-16** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** H. refused to recede from HA 1
- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee appointed. (Stevens, Bowling, Gardenhire, Lamar, Kyle)
- **2026-03-26** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
- **2026-03-30** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Bulso, Barrett, Reneau and Reedy)
- **2026-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-21** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 25, Nays 5
- **2026-04-22** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 71, Nays 18, PNV 0
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1052

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1be5809-f3ee-4d5d-957a-08f516baea23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).