republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2242.md

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Bill	Wills - As enacted, creates a presumption of suspicious circumstances if a holographic will is written within 30 days prior to a testator's death by suicide and places the burden of presenting evidence that the testator had the capacity to execute the will on the proponent of the will. - Amends TCA Title 32.	Wills - As enacted, creates a presumption of suspicious circumstances if a holographic will is written within 30 days prior to a testator's death by suicide and places the burden of presenting evidence that the testator had the capacity to execute the will on the proponent of the will. - Amends TCA Title 32.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2242	Tennessee SB 2242 (112)	bill	Wills	enacted	Beck Lundberg	3	39	6	2022-01-31	2022-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/49e8c5d3-3f64-4b90-a3d4-4806994162d6	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2242&GA=112	43bfea6fe70a5bd5900d8468b8b759413ff7b3667a59f1f85f1f73b14d7a1db7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2242 (112) — Wills - As enacted, creates a presumption of suspicious circumstances if a holographic will is written within 30 days prior to a testator's death by suicide and places the burden of presenting evidence that the testator had the capacity to execute the will on the proponent of the will. - Amends TCA Title 32.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0699 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0828 (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 6, Nays 2 PNV 1 3/29/2022 Passed — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — 30–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beck — primary (person)
• Lundberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2022-02-03 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-09 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-15 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-15 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-16 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-22 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
• 2022-03-29 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 1
• 2022-04-06 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
• 2022-04-07 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
• 2022-04-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
• 2022-04-11 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-04-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-11 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 2 passage
• 2022-04-11 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0828)
• 2022-04-11 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-04-11 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-04-11 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-04-11 Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-04-11 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0699) amendment-passage
• 2022-04-12 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-04-14 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-04-18 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-04-19 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-04-29 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 942
• 2022-05-04 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-05-04 Pub. Ch. 942

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49e8c5d3-3f64-4b90-a3d4-4806994162d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).