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Bill Probate Law - As enacted, enacts the "Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act," which is a rewrite of "The Small Estates Act." - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Section 30-4-103; Section 30-4-104 and Section 30-4-101. Probate Law - As enacted, enacts the "Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act," which is a rewrite of "The Small Estates Act." - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Section 30-4-103; Section 30-4-104 and Section 30-4-101. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 888 Tennessee SB 888 (112)
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Tennessee SB 888 (112) — Probate Law - As enacted, enacts the "Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act," which is a rewrite of "The Small Estates Act." - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Section 30-4-103; Section 30-4-104 and Section 30-4-101.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0175 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0486 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2022 Passed — 310 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/24/2021 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/15/2022 Passed — 80 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/3/2022 Passed — 920 (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
  • 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-02-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-25 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-01 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-06 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
  • 2021-04-08 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
  • 2021-04-12 Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-12 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0175) amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 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 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-04-20 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-19 Sponsor change.
  • 2022-02-09 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
  • 2022-02-15 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2022
  • 2022-02-22 Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2022-02-22 Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
  • 2022-02-24 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2022-02-24 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
  • 2022-02-24 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0486)
  • 2022-02-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2022-02-28 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/3/22
  • 2022-03-03 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2022-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-03 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 92, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB1362
  • 2022-03-09 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-03-09 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-03-11 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2022-03-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-03-30 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 665
  • 2022-03-30 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
  • 2022-03-30 Pub. Ch. 665

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e886ce9-0ac1-4f3c-af63-b9ba979f2ffb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).