---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 594"
citation: "Tennessee HB 594 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Gresham"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1268346-0122-4fc7-ac01-fd51e76d2816"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0594&GA=111"
source_hash: "9580b32fdea9e93876f7322641c76b8f73e0141b28580e239febceffc0fe5332"
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 594 (111) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0124.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0407.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0594.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/12/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/19/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Action def. in Judiciary to 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Re-ref. Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0124) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0407)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 425
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 425

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1268346-0122-4fc7-ac01-fd51e76d2816`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).