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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, establishes provisions governing abusive civil actions. - Amends TCA Title 29."
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description: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, establishes provisions governing abusive civil actions. - Amends TCA Title 29."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 1601"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1601 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Yager"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-11"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68dffeaf-f374-4d34-bcf6-08d18086a35c"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1601&GA=110"
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source_hash: "1ee48548af577b6c28aead45e42316c52fa62f46eae87ee1958915eae6ca48ae"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1601 (110) — Civil Procedure - As enacted, establishes provisions governing abusive civil actions. - Amends TCA Title 29.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1601.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Carter — primary (person)
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- Yager — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-21** Sponsor change.
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- **2018-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
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- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
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- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
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- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/27/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/3/2018
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- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
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- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2018
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- **2018-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
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- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2018
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- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
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- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
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- **2018-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2018-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2018-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1210) `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1054) `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
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- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
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- **2018-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
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- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
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- **2018-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1043)
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- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 872
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- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 872
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- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68dffeaf-f374-4d34-bcf6-08d18086a35c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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