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Bill Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, requires a tenant to execute a bond, post a cash deposit or irrevocable letter of credit from a financial institution, or provide personal sureties with security in the amount of one-year's rent in all instances in which the defendant appeals a judgment rendered in favor of the landlord instead of only applying when the landlord's action was brought due to the tenant's failure to pay rent. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66. Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, requires a tenant to execute a bond, post a cash deposit or irrevocable letter of credit from a financial institution, or provide personal sureties with security in the amount of one-year's rent in all instances in which the defendant appeals a judgment rendered in favor of the landlord instead of only applying when the landlord's action was brought due to the tenant's failure to pay rent. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 1994 Tennessee SB 1994 (112)
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Tennessee SB 1994 (112) — Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, requires a tenant to execute a bond, post a cash deposit or irrevocable letter of credit from a financial institution, or provide personal sureties with security in the amount of one-year's rent in all instances in which the defendant appeals a judgment rendered in favor of the landlord instead of only applying when the landlord's action was brought due to the tenant's failure to pay rent. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — 246 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — 7315 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — 72 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/1/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bell — primary (person)
  • Farmer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2022-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2022-02-03 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-07 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
  • 2022-03-01 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-10 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
  • 2022-03-17 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2022-03-17 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 15, PNV 3 passage
  • 2022-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-21 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-03-22 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
  • 2022-03-24 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2022-03-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 6 passage
  • 2022-03-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2022-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-25 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2022-03-30 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-03-30 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-03-31 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2022-04-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 817
  • 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
  • 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 817

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12ea95c9-bf7f-4bd2-8f66-e57847cf11b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).