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Bill Sheriffs - As enacted, requires an action brought against a county for any wrong, injury, loss, damage or expense resulting from any act or failure to act on the part of any deputy appointed by the sheriff to be filed within one year after the cause of action accrued; clarifies that failure of the county to respond in 60 days is not a default but rather the county is deemed to have denied the material, well pleaded factual allegations of the complaint. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 29. Sheriffs - As enacted, requires an action brought against a county for any wrong, injury, loss, damage or expense resulting from any act or failure to act on the part of any deputy appointed by the sheriff to be filed within one year after the cause of action accrued; clarifies that failure of the county to respond in 60 days is not a default but rather the county is deemed to have denied the material, well pleaded factual allegations of the complaint. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 29. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 SB 491 Tennessee SB 491 (113)
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Tennessee SB 491 (113) — Sheriffs - As enacted, requires an action brought against a county for any wrong, injury, loss, damage or expense resulting from any act or failure to act on the part of any deputy appointed by the sheriff to be filed within one year after the cause of action accrued; clarifies that failure of the county to respond in 60 days is not a default but rather the county is deemed to have denied the material, well pleaded factual allegations of the complaint. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 29.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0302 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0154 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0443 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — 292 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — 7618 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Stevens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-25 Sponsor change. sponsorship
  • 2023-01-25 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-01-26 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-01-30 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
  • 2023-02-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
  • 2023-02-28 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
  • 2023-03-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
  • 2023-03-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2023
  • 2023-03-15 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
  • 2023-03-21 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
  • 2023-03-28 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
  • 2023-03-28 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2023
  • 2023-03-29 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
  • 2023-03-29 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2023
  • 2023-04-04 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2023-04-11 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2023
  • 2023-04-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2023-04-13 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-04-13 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 2, PNV 1 passage
  • 2023-04-13 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0154)
  • 2023-04-13 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0443)
  • 2023-04-17 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2023-04-21 Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 18, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-04-21 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0302) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2023-04-21 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2023-04-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2023-05-03 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-05 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-09 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-17 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-24 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
  • 2023-05-24 Pub. Ch. 451

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67f4a7cd-8b82-4a2a-80d4-1bf3647b8894. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).