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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 213"
citation: "Tennessee HB 213 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Travis", "Yager"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8e833df-437c-45dc-a8e5-f1191f01258c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0213&GA=111"
source_hash: "77f1a964ea0e9b81bb6cb8709c0ddebcfc33486f6b542343695929a4355529e4"
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 HB 213 (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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0126.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0310.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0408.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0213.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/12/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — **7016** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **53** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **254** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## 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** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **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** 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.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **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** Pub. Ch. 415
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2019; 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 415
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8e833df-437c-45dc-a8e5-f1191f01258c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).