# Tennessee HB 1473: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 36, relative to marriage.

Tennessee HB 1473, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 36, relative to marriage., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-02-23 (Received from House, Passed on First Consideration) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1473
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 36, relative to marriage.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-06
- Last action: 2026-02-23, Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: Marriage
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (203 yes, 192 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Monty Fritts (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Powers
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-19 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 1 BY SALINAS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/19/2026 | fail | 23 | 70 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR REREFER TO COMMITTEE PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/19/2026 | fail | 24 | 69 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/19/2026 | pass | 70 | 23 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/19/2026 | pass | 68 | 24 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 13 | 5 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | House | HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 1 |   |

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1473.pdf)
- HA0561: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0561.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1473.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1473.pdf)
- [HA0561 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0561.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1473.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1473-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).