---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates - As enacted, makes various changes to probate law, including requiring that the receipt of a distributee or legatee be executed under penalty of perjury or sworn before the clerk or a notary public. - Amends TCA Title 30."
description: "Estates - As enacted, makes various changes to probate law, including requiring that the receipt of a distributee or legatee be executed under penalty of perjury or sworn before the clerk or a notary public. - Amends TCA Title 30."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1163"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1163 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df12bddf-87bb-42ba-b165-1da269b84ca5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1163&GA=110"
source_hash: "b00d3bce8c72b6d1f6606b322fd08839235845c161fd48ee2c3562147f498db1"
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 1163 (110) — Estates - As enacted, makes various changes to probate law, including requiring that the receipt of a distributee or legatee be executed under penalty of perjury or sworn before the clerk or a notary public. - 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1163.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/12/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-17** Reset on cal. for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0375) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0423)
- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 280
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 280

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df12bddf-87bb-42ba-b165-1da269b84ca5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).