republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-594.md

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Bill	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29.	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 594	Tennessee HB 594 (111)	bill	Tort Liability and Reform	enacted	Beck Gresham	3	38	7	2019-02-04	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d1268346-0122-4fc7-ac01-fd51e76d2816	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0594&GA=111	9580b32fdea9e93876f7322641c76b8f73e0141b28580e239febceffc0fe5332	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 594 (111) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0124 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0407 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/12/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/19/2019 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beck — primary (person)
• Gresham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-13 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
• 2019-02-19 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-27 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
• 2019-02-27 Action def. in Judiciary to 3/6/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-06 Re-ref. Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2019-03-12 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 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 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-01 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0124) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-02 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-04 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-30 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0407)
• 2019-04-30 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-30 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-05-07 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-05-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-29 Pub. Ch. 425
• 2019-05-29 Effective date(s) 05/21/2019
• 2019-05-29 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 425

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1268346-0122-4fc7-ac01-fd51e76d2816. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).