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type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - As enacted, requires a court that issues orders granting custody or guardianship of children to relative caregivers to inform the relative caregiver that resources and funding may be available through the department of children's services; requires the department of children's services to distribute information on available relative caregiver resources to the administrative office of the courts, and the administrative office of the courts to distribute the information to each court within the state that issues orders regarding child custody or guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Courts - As enacted, requires a court that issues orders granting custody or guardianship of children to relative caregivers to inform the relative caregiver that resources and funding may be available through the department of children's services; requires the department of children's services to distribute information on available relative caregiver resources to the administrative office of the courts, and the administrative office of the courts to distribute the information to each court within the state that issues orders regarding child custody or guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Tennessee SB 12 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Staples"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-07"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7567ced9-305e-4466-a36f-6bd56ed1559e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0012&GA=111"
source_hash: "07f01e40a8f3bb280aed162b1a457dd262985adcff8a806cb89dcea951901c7d"
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 12 (111) — Courts - As enacted, requires a court that issues orders granting custody or guardianship of children to relative caregivers to inform the relative caregiver that resources and funding may be available through the department of children's services; requires the department of children's services to distribute information on available relative caregiver resources to the administrative office of the courts, and the administrative office of the courts to distribute the information to each court within the state that issues orders regarding child custody or guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36 and Title 37.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment SA0002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0002.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0012.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/21/2019 Passed — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/25/2019 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/5/2019 Passed — **81** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/5/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/14/2019 Passed — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/25/2019 2/21/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-11-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2018-12-13** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Passed on Second Consideration, Held on desk pending committee appointments
- **2019-01-09** P2C held on desk.
- **2019-01-10** Ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-19** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-01-22** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/5/2019
- **2019-01-30** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 2/5/2019
- **2019-02-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2019-02-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/21/2019
- **2019-02-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-02-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-03-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0002)
- **2019-03-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-03-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3-21-19
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-03-21** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 92, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0003
- **2019-03-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 130
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 130
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/09/2019; 07/01/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7567ced9-305e-4466-a36f-6bd56ed1559e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).