---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liens - As enacted, eliminates the provision whereby a real property owner who prevails in an action challenging the validity of a lien, including in a slander of title proceeding, may recover attorney's fees, costs, and damages. - Amends TCA Section 66-21-108."
description: "Liens - As enacted, eliminates the provision whereby a real property owner who prevails in an action challenging the validity of a lien, including in a slander of title proceeding, may recover attorney's fees, costs, and damages. - Amends TCA Section 66-21-108."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 757"
citation: "Tennessee HB 757 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsh", "Swann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8694d84-f062-4177-bf5e-3ea2ade887cc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0757&GA=111"
source_hash: "bc0fd1f5d84e2d841f456f031ddec9abce7684bcf9de50cd46f27c2f691756a2"
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 757 (111) — Liens - As enacted, eliminates the provision whereby a real property owner who prevails in an action challenging the validity of a lien, including in a slander of title proceeding, may recover attorney's fees, costs, and damages. - Amends TCA Section 66-21-108.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0024.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0150.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0757.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Failed (1) — **54–27** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marsh — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-12** Assigned to s/c Business Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Reassigned to Commerce Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Business Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 54, Nays 27, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0024) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0150)
- **2019-03-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-03-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 142
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/05/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 142

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8694d84-f062-4177-bf5e-3ea2ade887cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).