# Tennessee HB 1953: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 39, relative to protective orders.

Tennessee HB 1953, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 39, relative to protective orders., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-02-04 (Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1953
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 39, relative to protective orders.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-02-04, Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Criminal Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Actions (4)

- 2026-02-04: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee (House)
- 2026-02-02: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1953.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1953.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 1967: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1967-2025-2026)
- [HB 1906: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 6, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1906-2025-2026)
- [HB 1720: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1720-2025-2026)
- [HB 1710: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1710-2025-2026)
- [HB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1667-2025-2026)
- [HB 1681: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1681-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1953-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).