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Bill Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, revises provisions governing information to be filed by a plaintiff in an asbestos action; requires dismissal without prejudice of plaintiff's asbestos claim as to any defendant whose product or premises is not identified in the required information form; requires that plaintiff's asbestos claim be dismissed without prejudice if plaintiff fails to provide the required information. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 29, Chapter 34. Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, revises provisions governing information to be filed by a plaintiff in an asbestos action; requires dismissal without prejudice of plaintiff's asbestos claim as to any defendant whose product or premises is not identified in the required information form; requires that plaintiff's asbestos claim be dismissed without prejudice if plaintiff fails to provide the required information. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 29, Chapter 34. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 873 Tennessee SB 873 (112)
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Tennessee SB 873 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, revises provisions governing information to be filed by a plaintiff in an asbestos action; requires dismissal without prejudice of plaintiff's asbestos claim as to any defendant whose product or premises is not identified in the required information form; requires that plaintiff's asbestos claim be dismissed without prejudice if plaintiff fails to provide the required information. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 29, Chapter 34.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0174 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0177 (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 1 PNV 0 3/30/2021 Passed — 81 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — 262 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — 7022 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Garrett — primary (person)
  • Stevens — 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
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-02-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-24 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
  • 2021-02-24 Sponsor change.
  • 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-24 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-23 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
  • 2021-03-31 Rec. for pass if am.; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-06 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
  • 2021-04-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-04-08 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 2 passage
  • 2021-04-08 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0177)
  • 2021-04-08 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
  • 2021-04-12 Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 22, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-12 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0174) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2021-04-12 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-04-12 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2021-04-12 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-04-14 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-04-20 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-04-22 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-04-30 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-05 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
  • 2021-05-05 Pub. Ch. 265
  • 2021-05-05 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 265

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf10ff09-965d-4ad1-b6f5-797c1ee27b66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).