---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judgments - As enacted, enacts the \"Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 25 and Title 26."
description: "Judgments - As enacted, enacts the \"Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 25 and Title 26."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Tennessee SB 275 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judgments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Hurt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94fe2ac8-e736-4947-8688-8d9f633b828c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0275&GA=111"
source_hash: "e903557858ed19e8e0018d0c495e8506d479f97d655a2ed6d56d05a2d8a92cb7"
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 275 (111) — Judgments - As enacted, enacts the "Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 25 and Title 26.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0336** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0336.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0275.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 4/2/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/5/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/25/2019 Passed (2) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Hurt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action def. in Judiciary to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Re-ref. Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0336) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0336) `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 278
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 278

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94fe2ac8-e736-4947-8688-8d9f633b828c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).