republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-41.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, makes licensed clinical social workers who are engaged solely in independent clinical practice in proceedings in which the department of children's services is the petitioner or intervening petitioner, exempt from subpoena to trial but subject to subpoena to a deposition. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 9, Part 1."
description: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, makes licensed clinical social workers who are engaged solely in independent clinical practice in proceedings in which the department of children's services is the petitioner or intervening petitioner, exempt from subpoena to trial but subject to subpoena to a deposition. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 9, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "Tennessee SB 41 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goins", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-12-14"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4100cb2-5186-41e2-ab60-cb9f03adabea"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0041&GA=110"
source_hash: "76d5ab8728524ae7b39a96ec8d6a15fe0c28b47171d2832e8469c959c4d41553"
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 41 (110) — Civil Procedure - As enacted, makes licensed clinical social workers who are engaged solely in independent clinical practice in proceedings in which the department of children's services is the petitioner or intervening petitioner, exempt from subpoena to trial but subject to subpoena to a deposition. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 9, Part 1.

## 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/SB0041.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/3/2018 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goins — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-14** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2017-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** Ref. Civil Justice Committee
- **2017-01-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1062)
- **2018-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-19** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 79, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0003
- **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 851
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 851
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4100cb2-5186-41e2-ab60-cb9f03adabea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).