republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-187.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, authorizes a plaintiff in certain civil actions filed against an owner and operator of an uninsured motor vehicle, where comparative fault is or becomes an issue, to amend the complaint to add certain persons as defendants or institute a separate action against such persons within a certain time following the filing of the first answer or first amended answer alleging such person's fault if such actions would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations and other criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 12."
description: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, authorizes a plaintiff in certain civil actions filed against an owner and operator of an uninsured motor vehicle, where comparative fault is or becomes an issue, to amend the complaint to add certain persons as defendants or institute a separate action against such persons within a certain time following the filing of the first answer or first amended answer alleging such person's fault if such actions would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations and other criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 12."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Tennessee HB 187 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bulso"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4148a51-cdb7-4213-ab1d-44e3a2d81fb8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0187&GA=113"
source_hash: "7fc55d1bf294775d60103c84fcb8e0bdea6b84641c5e2567afab4659415a9a5a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 187 (113) — Civil Procedure - As enacted, authorizes a plaintiff in certain civil actions filed against an owner and operator of an uninsured motor vehicle, where comparative fault is or becomes an issue, to amend the complaint to add certain persons as defendants or institute a separate action against such persons within a certain time following the filing of the first answer or first amended answer alleging such person's fault if such actions would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations and other criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 12.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0111.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0389** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0389.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0187.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/28/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bulso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/7/2023
- **2023-02-07** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0111) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0389)
- **2023-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 294

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4148a51-cdb7-4213-ab1d-44e3a2d81fb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).