---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Disclaimer of Property Interests Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 31; Title 34; Title 35 and Title 45."
description: "Trusts - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Disclaimer of Property Interests Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 31; Title 34; Title 35 and Title 45."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 699"
citation: "Tennessee SB 699 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Stevens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/185ec154-351e-4175-8520-3157c5498fc5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0699&GA=111"
source_hash: "1fbf093e7c278643ef1ef5b0e69afb983482d1e2a6879ff19465f324e3ba56ba"
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 699 (111) — Trusts - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Disclaimer of Property Interests Act." - Amends TCA Title 31; Title 34; Title 35 and Title 45.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0270.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0438.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0339.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0340.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0341.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0699.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/16/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/19/2019 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** 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 Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action Def. in s/c Children & Families Subcommittee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Action def. in Judiciary to 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0438) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0270) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0341)
- **2019-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0340)
- **2019-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0339)
- **2019-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 340
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 340
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/185ec154-351e-4175-8520-3157c5498fc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).