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IntroducedJan 22, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Tennessee House Bill
Marriage - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Covenant Marriage Act" to create covenant marriage, which is entered into by one male and one female, who understand and agree that marriage is a lifelong relationship; permits a spouse in a covenant marriage to obtain a judgment of divorce under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 36; Title 39; Title 67 and Title 68.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 01, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 315
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 5
NO: 1
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2026
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2026
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- Mar 04, 2025 | House
- Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
- Feb 26, 2025 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/4/2025
- Feb 18, 2025 | House
- Action Def. in s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/4/2025
- Feb 12, 2025 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/18/2025
- Feb 03, 2025 | House
- P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
- Assigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee
- Jan 27, 2025 | House
- Intro., P1C.
- Jan 24, 2025 | House
- Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- Sponsor change.
- Jan 23, 2025 | House
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Jan 22, 2025 | House
- Filed for introduction
Bill Texts
Documents
- House Fiscal Note (Dashboard): Fiscal Note for HB0315 -- Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee 02/18/2025PDF
- House Supplemental (Dashboard): Scanned Fiscal Memo HB0315_(013774).pdf -- Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee 03/03/2026PDF
- Video: Judiciary Committee Apr 1, 2026 (02h 42m)HTML
- Video: Judiciary Committee Mar 25, 2026 (01h 20m)HTML
- Video: Judiciary Committee Mar 23, 2026 (01h 41m)HTML
- Video: Judiciary Committee Mar 18, 2026 (01h 23m)HTML
- Video: Judiciary Committee Mar 11, 2026 (01h 26m)HTML
- Video: Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee Mar 3, 2026 (00h 52m)HTML
- Video: Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee Mar 4, 2025 (01h 04m)HTML
- Video: Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee Feb 18, 2025 (00h 55m)HTML

