AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 36; Title 39; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to marriage.
As introduced, enacts the "Marital Contract at Common Law Recording Act"; authorizes county clerks to accept and record a record of common law marriage between one man and one woman; limits the jurisdiction of circuit courts and chancery courts in cases involving the definition of common law marriage to the principles of common law marriage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 36; Title 39; Title 67 and Title 68.
113th General Assembly
Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 3, is amended by adding the following as a new part: 36-3-201. Findings. The general assembly finds that: (1) The existence of a marital relationship between one (1) man and one (1) woman in this state is not dependent on enacted positive law, and the positive law cannot abolish the existence and creation of such a marital relationship but only regulate the mode by which a man and a woman enter into the marital relationship;
(2) The ninth amendment to the United States constitution guarantees to the people of this state the rights held by the people at common law, and the right of a man and a woman to enter into a marital relationship as defined at common law in terms of husband and wife will not be denied or disparaged by a construction of any enumerated rights in the constitution;
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-03 | 08:00 | Hearing | House Hearing Room III | House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Hearing |
| 2024-03-19 | 12:00 | Hearing | House Hearing Room III | House Business & Utilities Subcommittee Hearing |
| 2024-03-12 | 12:00 | Hearing | House Hearing Room IV | House Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee Hearing |
| 2024-03-05 | 12:00 | Hearing | House Hearing Room IV | House Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee Hearing |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2024-04-02 | Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee |
| 2024-03-27 | Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/3/2024 |
| 2024-03-19 | Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee |
| 2024-03-18 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-03-13 | Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/19/2024 |
| 2024-03-12 | Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/19/2024 |
| 2024-03-11 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-03-06 | Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/12/2024 |
| 2024-03-06 | Sponsor(s) withdrawn. |
| 2024-03-05 | Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 3/12/2024 |
| 2024-03-04 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-02-28 | Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/5/2024 |
| 2023-02-07 | Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee |
| 2023-02-02 | P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee |
| 2023-02-01 | Intro., P1C. |
| 2023-01-31 | Filed for introduction |