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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 719"
citation: "Tennessee SB 719 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Gardenhire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be290d6-1ca8-43a6-a3a3-81fe680d634d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0719&GA=111"
source_hash: "7f8d42dc6d0c7c2287ff741a9fafe51137d768e5e9bcdb5b35acc71533d947de"
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 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0719.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/19/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — **70** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **980** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be290d6-1ca8-43a6-a3a3-81fe680d634d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).