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type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes general sessions courts, by local rule, to allow papers to be filed, signed, or verified by electronic means that comply with technological standards promulgated by the supreme court; specifies that pleadings and other papers filed electronically under such local rules will be considered the same as written papers. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 7."
description: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes general sessions courts, by local rule, to allow papers to be filed, signed, or verified by electronic means that comply with technological standards promulgated by the supreme court; specifies that pleadings and other papers filed electronically under such local rules will be considered the same as written papers. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1789"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1789 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "General Sessions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35bb050d-2325-47f6-97ee-51fc1280e9f4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1789&GA=110"
source_hash: "55e370243d4c8a5140baecd62dea7f09862f58a89b61ac80c177d47d14452cc2"
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 1789 (110) — Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, authorizes general sessions courts, by local rule, to allow papers to be filed, signed, or verified by electronic means that comply with technological standards promulgated by the supreme court; specifies that pleadings and other papers filed electronically under such local rules will be considered the same as written papers. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15, Part 7.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1789.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **88–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/13/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2018 PASSED — **96–0** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Beck — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-26** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-26** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Senate Reset on calendar 3/22/18
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0585)
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0736) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Senate refused to concur in amendment (Amendment 1 - HA0736) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Am. reconsidered, withdrawn. (HA0736)
- **2018-04-12** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2018-04-12** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 809
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 809
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35bb050d-2325-47f6-97ee-51fc1280e9f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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