republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-12.md

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Bill	Courts - As enacted, requires a court that issues orders granting custody or guardianship of children to relative caregivers to inform the relative caregiver that resources and funding may be available through the department of children's services; requires the department of children's services to distribute information on available relative caregiver resources to the administrative office of the courts, and the administrative office of the courts to distribute the information to each court within the state that issues orders regarding child custody or guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37.	Courts - As enacted, requires a court that issues orders granting custody or guardianship of children to relative caregivers to inform the relative caregiver that resources and funding may be available through the department of children's services; requires the department of children's services to distribute information on available relative caregiver resources to the administrative office of the courts, and the administrative office of the courts to distribute the information to each court within the state that issues orders regarding child custody or guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 12	Tennessee SB 12 (111)	bill	Courts	enacted	Briggs Staples	2	35	7	2018-11-07	2019-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/7567ced9-305e-4466-a36f-6bd56ed1559e	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0012&GA=111	07f01e40a8f3bb280aed162b1a457dd262985adcff8a806cb89dcea951901c7d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 12 (111) — Courts - As enacted, requires a court that issues orders granting custody or guardianship of children to relative caregivers to inform the relative caregiver that resources and funding may be available through the department of children's services; requires the department of children's services to distribute information on available relative caregiver resources to the administrative office of the courts, and the administrative office of the courts to distribute the information to each court within the state that issues orders regarding child custody or guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment SA0002 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/21/2019 Passed — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/25/2019 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/5/2019 Passed — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/5/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/14/2019 Passed — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/25/2019 2/21/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Briggs — primary (person)
• Staples — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-11-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2018-12-13 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-09 Passed on Second Consideration, Held on desk pending committee appointments
• 2019-01-09 P2C held on desk.
• 2019-01-10 Ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-01-19 Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-01-22 Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/5/2019
• 2019-01-30 Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 2/5/2019
• 2019-02-05 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2019-02-05 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-06 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/13/2019
• 2019-02-13 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/21/2019
• 2019-02-21 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/25/2019
• 2019-02-25 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-02-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-02-28 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-03-12 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/14/2019
• 2019-03-14 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-03-14 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-14 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0002)
• 2019-03-14 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-03-18 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3-21-19
• 2019-03-21 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-03-21 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 92, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0003
• 2019-03-25 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-01 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-04-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 130
• 2019-04-15 Pub. Ch. 130
• 2019-04-15 Effective date(s) 04/09/2019; 07/01/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7567ced9-305e-4466-a36f-6bd56ed1559e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).