---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates - As enacted, authorizes a probate court or chancery court to appoint a public receiver to determine and submit a recommendation to the court on the need for a temporary or permanent receiver over an estate; authorizes the court, upon a hearing on the report, to appoint a receiver with such powers as are necessary, consistent with those extended to receivers in absentees’ estates. - Amends TCA Title 30."
description: "Estates - As enacted, authorizes a probate court or chancery court to appoint a public receiver to determine and submit a recommendation to the court on the need for a temporary or permanent receiver over an estate; authorizes the court, upon a hearing on the report, to appoint a receiver with such powers as are necessary, consistent with those extended to receivers in absentees’ estates. - Amends TCA Title 30."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1680"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1680 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Hazlewood"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79f26029-f41b-42e3-ab37-8422c02b3e1a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1680&GA=112"
source_hash: "96a4317f786d86c3bd155e016c570dd635da3b994cb01a27be44355283eaa1c2"
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 1680 (112) — Estates - As enacted, authorizes a probate court or chancery court to appoint a public receiver to determine and submit a recommendation to the court on the need for a temporary or permanent receiver over an estate; authorizes the court, upon a hearing on the report, to appoint a receiver with such powers as are necessary, consistent with those extended to receivers in absentees’ estates. - Amends TCA Title 30.

## 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/SB1680.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/16/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/8/2022 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Hazlewood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Tabled.
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor change.
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/22
- **2022-04-07** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2022-04-11** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-02** Pub. Ch. 912
- **2022-05-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 912

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79f26029-f41b-42e3-ab37-8422c02b3e1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).