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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Inheritance Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person who intentionally killed the decedent from filing a wrongful death action based on the death of the decedent or sharing any portion of a wrongful death settlement or judgment resulting from the death of the decedent. - Amends TCA Section 31-1-106."
+description: "Inheritance Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person who intentionally killed the decedent from filing a wrongful death action based on the death of the decedent or sharing any portion of a wrongful death settlement or judgment resulting from the death of the decedent. - Amends TCA Section 31-1-106."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "HB 596"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 596 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Inheritance Laws"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Yarbro"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21d5ddd7-29b5-4fa6-8e31-1b1b02620ca6"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0596&GA=111"
+source_hash: "9e7c5418106bbe529435e62e0542dea7cf2a1f399c48ccd47969c85c1342ed66"
+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 HB 596 (111) — Inheritance Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person who intentionally killed the decedent from filing a wrongful death action based on the death of the decedent or sharing any portion of a wrongful death settlement or judgment resulting from the death of the decedent. - Amends TCA Section 31-1-106.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0596.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/21/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beck — primary (person)
+- Yarbro — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
+- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
+- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/21/2019
+- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/27/2019
+- **2019-02-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-02-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
+- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
+- **2019-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2019-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2019-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2019-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2019-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 101
+- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 101
+- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/11/2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21d5ddd7-29b5-4fa6-8e31-1b1b02620ca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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