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Bill Civil Procedure - As enacted, requires, in a child custody order, the court to include written findings of fact as to whether the limitations in present law relative to restrictions in temporary or permanent parenting plans apply; makes other changes relative to child court proceedings; clarifies, for purposes of domestic abuse law, that "abuse" includes acts inflicted directly by the offending party or indirectly through a third party, including, but not limited to, a family member, friend, significant other, or coworker, on behalf of the offending party. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Civil Procedure - As enacted, requires, in a child custody order, the court to include written findings of fact as to whether the limitations in present law relative to restrictions in temporary or permanent parenting plans apply; makes other changes relative to child court proceedings; clarifies, for purposes of domestic abuse law, that "abuse" includes acts inflicted directly by the offending party or indirectly through a third party, including, but not limited to, a family member, friend, significant other, or coworker, on behalf of the offending party. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 943 Tennessee SB 943 (114)
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Tennessee SB 943 (114) — Civil Procedure - As enacted, requires, in a child custody order, the court to include written findings of fact as to whether the limitations in present law relative to restrictions in temporary or permanent parenting plans apply; makes other changes relative to child court proceedings; clarifies, for purposes of domestic abuse law, that "abuse" includes acts inflicted directly by the offending party or indirectly through a third party, including, but not limited to, a family member, friend, significant other, or coworker, on behalf of the offending party. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0330 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0215 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2025 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — 960 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Massey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-05 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-19 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025
  • 2025-03-24 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
  • 2025-03-25 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2025-04-01 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
  • 2025-04-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-04-03 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/7/2025
  • 2025-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
  • 2025-04-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2025-04-07 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2025-04-07 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0215)
  • 2025-04-07 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-04-09 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2025-04-14 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2025-04-14 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0330) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2025-04-14 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2025-04-16 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2025-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-21 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-04-29 Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
  • 2025-04-29 Pub. Ch. 265

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07f2d6c8-6ef3-4680-b9f7-7bcfb796824f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).