republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-719.md

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Bill	Courts - As enacted, allows a court to exercise domestic relations jurisdiction regardless of the nature of the allegations unless and until a pleading is filed or relief is otherwise sought in a juvenile court invoking its exclusive original jurisdiction over proceedings in which a child is alleged to be delinquent, unruly or dependent and neglected, or to have committed a juvenile traffic offense. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-103.	Courts - As enacted, allows a court to exercise domestic relations jurisdiction regardless of the nature of the allegations unless and until a pleading is filed or relief is otherwise sought in a juvenile court invoking its exclusive original jurisdiction over proceedings in which a child is alleged to be delinquent, unruly or dependent and neglected, or to have committed a juvenile traffic offense. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-103.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 719	Tennessee SB 719 (111)	bill	Courts	enacted	Carter Gardenhire	1	30	6	2019-02-05	2019-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/3be290d6-1ca8-43a6-a3a3-81fe680d634d	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0719&GA=111	7f8d42dc6d0c7c2287ff741a9fafe51137d768e5e9bcdb5b35acc71533d947de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 719 (111) — Courts - As enacted, allows a court to exercise domestic relations jurisdiction regardless of the nature of the allegations unless and until a pleading is filed or relief is otherwise sought in a juvenile court invoking its exclusive original jurisdiction over proceedings in which a child is alleged to be delinquent, unruly or dependent and neglected, or to have committed a juvenile traffic offense. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-103.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/19/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carter — primary (person)
• Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
• 2019-02-19 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
• 2019-03-14 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
• 2019-03-18 Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-03-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-21 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-03-26 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-03-28 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/1/2019
• 2019-04-01 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-01 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-01 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-02 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-04 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-08 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-04-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-24 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 167
• 2019-04-24 Pub. Ch. 167
• 2019-04-24 Effective date(s) 04/18/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3be290d6-1ca8-43a6-a3a3-81fe680d634d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).