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type: "Bill"
title: "Estates - As enacted, enacts \"The Small Estate Probate Act,\" makes various changes to \"The Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act\" and replaces that act. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 4."
description: "Estates - As enacted, enacts \"The Small Estate Probate Act,\" makes various changes to \"The Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act\" and replaces that act. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 337"
citation: "Tennessee HB 337 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e219d8-9d17-4b54-ace4-ea1c9cfc16d7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0337&GA=113"
source_hash: "fe45fc8c48f50822920500f378c5a7912b8f501fb9f10164e098793eb69451ce"
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 337 (113) — Estates - As enacted, enacts "The Small Estate Probate Act," makes various changes to "The Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act" and replaces that act. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 4.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0109.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0390** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0390.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0337.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/21/2023 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2023 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **900** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2023 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Stevens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-21** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/1/2023
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-01** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 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 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0109) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0390)
- **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) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 297
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08e219d8-9d17-4b54-ace4-ea1c9cfc16d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).