---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wills - As enacted, creates a presumption of suspicious circumstances if a holographic will is written within 30 days prior to a testator's death by suicide and places the burden of presenting evidence that the testator had the capacity to execute the will on the proponent of the will. - Amends TCA Title 32."
description: "Wills - As enacted, creates a presumption of suspicious circumstances if a holographic will is written within 30 days prior to a testator's death by suicide and places the burden of presenting evidence that the testator had the capacity to execute the will on the proponent of the will. - Amends TCA Title 32."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2242"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2242 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wills"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49e8c5d3-3f64-4b90-a3d4-4806994162d6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2242&GA=112"
source_hash: "43bfea6fe70a5bd5900d8468b8b759413ff7b3667a59f1f85f1f73b14d7a1db7"
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 2242 (112) — Wills - As enacted, creates a presumption of suspicious circumstances if a holographic will is written within 30 days prior to a testator's death by suicide and places the burden of presenting evidence that the testator had the capacity to execute the will on the proponent of the will. - Amends TCA Title 32.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0699** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0699.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0828** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0828.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2242.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 1 3/29/2022 Passed — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 1
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0828)
- **2022-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0699) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 942
- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 942

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49e8c5d3-3f64-4b90-a3d4-4806994162d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).