---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liens - As enacted, creates a streamlined process for certain public officials to contest liens on real property that they believe to lack any legal basis. - Amends TCA Section 47-9-513 and Title 66, Chapter 21, Part 1."
description: "Liens - As enacted, creates a streamlined process for certain public officials to contest liens on real property that they believe to lack any legal basis. - Amends TCA Section 47-9-513 and Title 66, Chapter 21, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1971"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1971 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/039b685b-bc28-4a5a-a269-78e690878ad6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1971&GA=110"
source_hash: "a7fc683985f33360ecc10ff100d390d602673ad093473cc1ff38c2d533f0f3e3"
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 1971 (110) — Liens - As enacted, creates a streamlined process for certain public officials to contest liens on real property that they believe to lack any legal basis. - Amends TCA Section 47-9-513 and Title 66, Chapter 21, Part 1.

## 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/SB1971.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **28–1** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (1) — **97–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/21/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunn — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0903)
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1056) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 913
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/01/2018; 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 913

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/039b685b-bc28-4a5a-a269-78e690878ad6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).