---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, allows a party or non-party making certain filings with a court to redact portions of a person's social security number, taxpayer identification number, birth date, or financial account number or the name of a minor when included in the filing, unless such information is otherwise required by statute, rule, or order. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 19; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 27 and Title 28."
description: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, allows a party or non-party making certain filings with a court to redact portions of a person's social security number, taxpayer identification number, birth date, or financial account number or the name of a minor when included in the filing, unless such information is otherwise required by statute, rule, or order. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 19; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 27 and Title 28."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 955"
citation: "Tennessee SB 955 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/409fc0e5-4109-4199-8c73-b33a13d12cd1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0955&GA=111"
source_hash: "19165aff8c7048b32b6c347a8ceb5326390d34366fe6a9f940cd2be9f587e155"
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 955 (111) — Civil Procedure - As enacted, allows a party or non-party making certain filings with a court to redact portions of a person's social security number, taxpayer identification number, birth date, or financial account number or the name of a minor when included in the filing, unless such information is otherwise required by statute, rule, or order. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 19; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 27 and Title 28.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0125.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0021.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0955.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/5/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur Concur in House Amend# 1 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/28/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **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** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-19** Meeting Adjourned
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0021)
- **2019-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **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** 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 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0125) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-04** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0125) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 151
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/17/2019
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 151

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/409fc0e5-4109-4199-8c73-b33a13d12cd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).