---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, revises provisions governing information to be filed by a plaintiff in an asbestos action; requires dismissal without prejudice of plaintiff's asbestos claim as to any defendant whose product or premises is not identified in the required information form; requires that plaintiff's asbestos claim be dismissed without prejudice if plaintiff fails to provide the required information. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 29, Chapter 34."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, revises provisions governing information to be filed by a plaintiff in an asbestos action; requires dismissal without prejudice of plaintiff's asbestos claim as to any defendant whose product or premises is not identified in the required information form; requires that plaintiff's asbestos claim be dismissed without prejudice if plaintiff fails to provide the required information. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 29, Chapter 34."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 873"
citation: "Tennessee SB 873 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf10ff09-965d-4ad1-b6f5-797c1ee27b66"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0873&GA=112"
source_hash: "b5df5243ed75a4c337fb732307da33168ede29a43e184ae58e700f380f4c3493"
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 873 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, revises provisions governing information to be filed by a plaintiff in an asbestos action; requires dismissal without prejudice of plaintiff's asbestos claim as to any defendant whose product or premises is not identified in the required information form; requires that plaintiff's asbestos claim be dismissed without prejudice if plaintiff fails to provide the required information. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 29, Chapter 34.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0174** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0174.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0177.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0873.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/30/2021 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **70–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor change.
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass if am.; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0177)
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0174) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-05** Pub. Ch. 265
- **2021-05-05** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 265

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf10ff09-965d-4ad1-b6f5-797c1ee27b66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).