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Bill Divorce, Annulment and Alimony - As enacted, clarifies that the court must allocate responsibility for payment of marital debt in actions for divorce or legal separation; defines "marital debt" and "separate debt"; adds factors for the court to consider in determining the allocation of responsibility for payment of marital debt; clarifies alimony in solido may be awarded for attorney fees and expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 4 and Title 36, Chapter 5. Divorce, Annulment and Alimony - As enacted, clarifies that the court must allocate responsibility for payment of marital debt in actions for divorce or legal separation; defines "marital debt" and "separate debt"; adds factors for the court to consider in determining the allocation of responsibility for payment of marital debt; clarifies alimony in solido may be awarded for attorney fees and expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 4 and Title 36, Chapter 5. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 2385 Tennessee SB 2385 (112)
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Tennessee SB 2385 (112) — Divorce, Annulment and Alimony - As enacted, clarifies that the court must allocate responsibility for payment of marital debt in actions for divorce or legal separation; defines "marital debt" and "separate debt"; adds factors for the court to consider in determining the allocation of responsibility for payment of marital debt; clarifies alimony in solido may be awarded for attorney fees and expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 4 and Title 36, Chapter 5.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/2/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — 310 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — 910 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gardenhire — primary (person)
  • Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2022-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2022-02-03 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-07 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-16 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
  • 2022-02-22 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
  • 2022-03-01 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-03 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
  • 2022-03-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2022-03-07 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2022-03-10 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
  • 2022-03-17 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2022-03-17 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-03-17 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-03-18 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2022-03-22 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-03-22 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-03-23 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2022-03-31 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-04-04 Effective date(s) 03/31/2022
  • 2022-04-04 Pub. Ch. 762
  • 2022-04-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 762

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1993d3a-2df2-4bab-8ee5-02379c937126. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).