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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, specifies that for purposes of postponement of trial in forcible entry and detainer proceedings, the term \"civil court\" includes diversionary courts created for special civil proceedings. - Amends TCA Section 29-18-118."
+description: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, specifies that for purposes of postponement of trial in forcible entry and detainer proceedings, the term \"civil court\" includes diversionary courts created for special civil proceedings. - Amends TCA Section 29-18-118."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 2002"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2002 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Landlord and Tenant"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Curcio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-01-12"
+last_action: "2022-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f268dd86-2416-4e84-9886-95080d03cc9e"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2002&GA=112"
+source_hash: "9fdc28cf4b8a577a7a7d2658a10ebc182737d9e83ac638a023418fe650944341"
+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 SB 2002 (112) — Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, specifies that for purposes of postponement of trial in forcible entry and detainer proceedings, the term "civil court" includes diversionary courts created for special civil proceedings. - Amends TCA Section 29-18-118.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2002.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed — **26–4** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2022 Passed (1) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Curcio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2022-01-19** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-19** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
+- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/23/2022
+- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
+- **2022-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 4 `passage`
+- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
+- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
+- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2022-03-28** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2022-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2002
+- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 869
+- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 869
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f268dd86-2416-4e84-9886-95080d03cc9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+