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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Probate Law - As enacted, enacts the \"Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act,\" which is a rewrite of \"The Small Estates Act.\" - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Section 30-4-103; Section 30-4-104 and Section 30-4-101."
+description: "Probate Law - As enacted, enacts the \"Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act,\" which is a rewrite of \"The Small Estates Act.\" - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Section 30-4-103; Section 30-4-104 and Section 30-4-101."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HB 1362"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1362 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Probate Law"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Stevens"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2022-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/511a6e7a-c86f-4dac-822c-17117d1fb7a7"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1362&GA=112"
+source_hash: "404597b4f9465745967e6ce768d87c54982ff3238185f836c30a92387139340a"
+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 1362 (112) — Probate Law - As enacted, enacts the "Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act," which is a rewrite of "The Small Estates Act." - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Section 30-4-103; Section 30-4-104 and Section 30-4-101.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0175** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0175.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0486** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0486.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1362.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/24/2021 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/15/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Garrett — primary (person)
+- Stevens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
+- **2021-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
+- **2021-03-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
+- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
+- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
+- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
+- **2021-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0175) `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
+- **2021-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
+- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
+- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
+- **2021-04-20** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-19** Sponsor change.
+- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
+- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2022
+- **2022-02-22** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2022-02-22** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
+- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0486)
+- **2022-02-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-02-24** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-02-28** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/3/22
+- **2022-03-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-03** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 92, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB1362
+- **2022-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-30** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
+- **2022-03-30** Pub. Ch. 665
+- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 665
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/511a6e7a-c86f-4dac-822c-17117d1fb7a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+