---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, specifies that in general sessions court cases involving an order granting possession of real property, a writ of possession must issue by operation of law if no appeal is taken within the 10-day appellate period. - Amends TCA Title 27, Chapter 5 and Title 29, Chapter 18."
description: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, specifies that in general sessions court cases involving an order granting possession of real property, a writ of possession must issue by operation of law if no appeal is taken within the 10-day appellate period. - Amends TCA Title 27, Chapter 5 and Title 29, Chapter 18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "Tennessee HB 249 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "General Sessions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/569b1f61-fd32-49c1-baa5-3da5ea04b061"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0249&GA=113"
source_hash: "abbb204b0bcbf1272f0a420153adb4b44ff230b06a2edb2259f024049b8154c1"
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 HB 249 (113) — Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, specifies that in general sessions court cases involving an order granting possession of real property, a writ of possession must issue by operation of law if no appeal is taken within the 10-day appellate period. - Amends TCA Title 27, Chapter 5 and Title 29, Chapter 18.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0037.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0441** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0441.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0249.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/7/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/13/2023 Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/7/2023
- **2023-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-15** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
- **2023-02-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0037) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0441)
- **2023-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 295

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/569b1f61-fd32-49c1-baa5-3da5ea04b061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).