---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, requires, in a child custody order, the court to include written findings of fact as to whether the limitations in present law relative to restrictions in temporary or permanent parenting plans apply; makes other changes relative to child court proceedings; clarifies, for purposes of domestic abuse law, that \"abuse\" includes acts inflicted directly by the offending party or indirectly through a third party, including, but not limited to, a family member, friend, significant other, or coworker, on behalf of the offending party. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, requires, in a child custody order, the court to include written findings of fact as to whether the limitations in present law relative to restrictions in temporary or permanent parenting plans apply; makes other changes relative to child court proceedings; clarifies, for purposes of domestic abuse law, that \"abuse\" includes acts inflicted directly by the offending party or indirectly through a third party, including, but not limited to, a family member, friend, significant other, or coworker, on behalf of the offending party. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 943"
citation: "Tennessee SB 943 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07f2d6c8-6ef3-4680-b9f7-7bcfb796824f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0943&ga=114"
source_hash: "0badbfcaef2d695fdac3d537854cec68aefafaa1906b64149faafc505c2a5c6a"
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 943 (114) — Civil Procedure - As enacted, requires, in a child custody order, the court to include written findings of fact as to whether the limitations in present law relative to restrictions in temporary or permanent parenting plans apply; makes other changes relative to child court proceedings; clarifies, for purposes of domestic abuse law, that "abuse" includes acts inflicted directly by the offending party or indirectly through a third party, including, but not limited to, a family member, friend, significant other, or coworker, on behalf of the offending party. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0330** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0330.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0215** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0215.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0943.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** 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`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0215)
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0330) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-14** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 265

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07f2d6c8-6ef3-4680-b9f7-7bcfb796824f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).