---
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).