republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1377.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Marriage - As enacted, authorizes members of the general assembly, duly appointed law enforcement chaplains, and members of the legislative body of a municipality to solemnize marriages; prohibits persons receiving online ordinations from solemnizing the rite of matrimony; requires members of the general assembly who want to solemnize marriage to opt in by filing notice of the member's intention with the office of vital records. - Amends TCA Section 36-3-301.	Marriage - As enacted, authorizes members of the general assembly, duly appointed law enforcement chaplains, and members of the legislative body of a municipality to solemnize marriages; prohibits persons receiving online ordinations from solemnizing the rite of matrimony; requires members of the general assembly who want to solemnize marriage to opt in by filing notice of the member's intention with the office of vital records. - Amends TCA Section 36-3-301.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1377	Tennessee SB 1377 (111)	bill	Marriage	enacted	Travis Yager	4	37	6	2019-01-29	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/0ec4327b-2e5e-484b-a606-d31815063c28	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1377&GA=111	4333427aa53ab37590c2a7ce2c58a33a714dd0ffc990f62dea9a1ee767e60dc2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1377 (111) — Marriage - As enacted, authorizes members of the general assembly, duly appointed law enforcement chaplains, and members of the legislative body of a municipality to solemnize marriages; prohibits persons receiving online ordinations from solemnizing the rite of matrimony; requires members of the general assembly who want to solemnize marriage to opt in by filing notice of the member's intention with the office of vital records. - Amends TCA Section 36-3-301.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0126 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA0310 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0408 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — 70–16 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/12/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 25–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Travis — primary (person)
• Yager — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-12 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-04 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/19
• 2019-04-04 Reset on cal. for 4/11/19
• 2019-04-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0126) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-11 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-11 Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 16, PNV 2 passage
• 2019-04-11 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0310) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-15 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 3 PNV 0
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-30 Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 4 passage
• 2019-04-30 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0408)
• 2019-04-30 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-05-07 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-05-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-29 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 415
• 2019-05-29 Pub. Ch. 415
• 2019-05-29 Effective date(s) 05/21/2019; 07/01/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ec4327b-2e5e-484b-a606-d31815063c28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).