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Bill Civil Procedure - As enacted, establishes process for three-judge panel hearing civil actions in which the complaint: challenges the constitutionality of a statute, executive order, or rule; includes a claim for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; and is brought against the state, a state department or agency, or a state official acting in their official capacity. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 16; Title 17; Title 20; Title 27 and Title 29. Civil Procedure - As enacted, establishes process for three-judge panel hearing civil actions in which the complaint: challenges the constitutionality of a statute, executive order, or rule; includes a claim for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; and is brought against the state, a state department or agency, or a state official acting in their official capacity. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 16; Title 17; Title 20; Title 27 and Title 29. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 868 Tennessee SB 868 (112)
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Tennessee SB 868 (112) — Civil Procedure - As enacted, establishes process for three-judge panel hearing civil actions in which the complaint: challenges the constitutionality of a statute, executive order, or rule; includes a claim for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief; and is brought against the state, a state department or agency, or a state official acting in their official capacity. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 16; Title 17; Title 20; Title 27 and Title 29.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0384 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA0455 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0389 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment SA0451 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/13/2021 (9) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — 272 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/5/2021 Passed (3) — 6823 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/5/2021 Passed (2) — 6524 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — 6722 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (6) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (7) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed — 72 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/5/2021 Passed (4) — 6923 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 2 PNV 0 5/4/2021 Passed — 92 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (5) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/5/2021 Passed — 276 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (8) — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-11 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-02-22 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2021-03-30 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-30 Ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/21/2021
  • 2021-04-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
  • 2021-04-21 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-04-21 Rec. for pass if am.; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-22 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
  • 2021-04-22 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
  • 2021-04-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/27/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Placed behind the budget
  • 2021-04-28 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
  • 2021-04-28 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
  • 2021-04-28 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-29 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-03 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/5/2021
  • 2021-05-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-04 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 2 PNV 0
  • 2021-05-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-05-05 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2021-05-05 Conference Committee report adopted, ayes 27, nays 2
  • 2021-05-05 Conf. comm. report (CCR 8) adopted, Ayes 67, Nays 22, PNV 1
  • 2021-05-05 Conference Committee appointed. (Kelsey, Johnson, Bell, Kyle, Stevens)
  • 2021-05-05 Conf. comm. appointed. Reps. Farmer, Garrett, Curcio, and Jernigan
  • 2021-05-05 H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence SA2
  • 2021-05-05 Senate refused to recede from amendment #2
  • 2021-05-05 H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 2
  • 2021-05-05 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 passage
  • 2021-05-05 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0389)
  • 2021-05-05 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0451)
  • 2021-05-05 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2021-05-05 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-05-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2021-05-05 Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 23, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-05-05 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-05-05 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0455) amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-05 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0384) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2021-05-06 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-05-07 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
  • 2021-05-26 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-06-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 566
  • 2021-06-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
  • 2021-06-02 Pub. Ch. 566

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fadc65e8-a9e8-435b-9a0b-5d396927a8b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).