---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probate Law - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to wills, trusts, and guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34 and Title 35."
description: "Probate Law - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to wills, trusts, and guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34 and Title 35."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 769"
citation: "Tennessee SB 769 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Probate Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsh", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5f6d0e1-58a3-4a46-a40b-d9034f4e87da"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0769&GA=110"
source_hash: "37aed58ac67973525f90cb454dec6ab9ada520b24418c0e1a59cb36325052fb1"
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 769 (110) — Probate Law - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to wills, trusts, and guardianship. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34 and Title 35.

## 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/110/Bill/SB0769.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/11/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marsh — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Re-ref. Civil Justice Committee
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0201) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0103) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0426)
- **2017-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 87, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0567
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-06-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-06-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-06-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-20** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 290
- **2017-06-20** Pub. Ch. 290
- **2017-06-20** Effective date(s) 07/23/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5f6d0e1-58a3-4a46-a40b-d9034f4e87da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).