republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1296.md

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Bill	Juries and Jurors - As enacted, exempts from jury service, upon request and sufficient proof of age, persons 75 years of age and older who are incapable of providing service due to a mental or physical condition; requires person seeking such exemption to submit a declaration with certain information. - Amends TCA Title 22.	Juries and Jurors - As enacted, exempts from jury service, upon request and sufficient proof of age, persons 75 years of age and older who are incapable of providing service due to a mental or physical condition; requires person seeking such exemption to submit a declaration with certain information. - Amends TCA Title 22.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1296	Tennessee SB 1296 (112)	bill	Juries and Jurors	enacted	Bowling Bricken	5	42	7	2021-02-11	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ef81f9ec-2859-4dcd-80a5-a1d0ceed0974	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1296&GA=112	d10cd3fb01f08cd4bcea6882c82c8ce9b263a2b2e14c83c76a900ed1117515ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1296 (112) — Juries and Jurors - As enacted, exempts from jury service, upon request and sufficient proof of age, persons 75 years of age and older who are incapable of providing service due to a mental or physical condition; requires person seeking such exemption to submit a declaration with certain information. - Amends TCA Title 22.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0123 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0173 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0291 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0407 (committee substitute) — source
5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 PNV 0 3/30/2021 Passed — 5–4 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/16/2021 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — 14–11 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — 23–7 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — 91–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bowling — primary (person)
• Bricken — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-16 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-24 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-30 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 PNV 0
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
• 2021-04-08 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
• 2021-04-12 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-12 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-12 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0173)
• 2021-04-12 Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-12 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0123) amendment-passage
• 2021-04-12 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-04-14 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-14 Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.
• 2021-04-14 Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 14, Nays 11
• 2021-04-14 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0291)
• 2021-04-14 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-04-14 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-04-27 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
• 2021-04-29 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
• 2021-05-03 Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 7 passage
• 2021-05-03 Senate Amendment #3 withdrawn.
• 2021-05-06 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-05-11 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 544
• 2021-06-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-06-01 Pub. Ch. 544

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef81f9ec-2859-4dcd-80a5-a1d0ceed0974. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).