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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "SB 491"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 491 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Sheriffs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67f4a7cd-8b82-4a2a-80d4-1bf3647b8894"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0491&GA=113"
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source_hash: "575743a9bd32034fb0c441185cdc4c2fc382186b54db59b6f2b373587b9e6abb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0302** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0302.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0154.pdf)
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3. **Amendment SA0443** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0443.pdf)
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4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0491.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — **29–2** (pass) · upper
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- 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) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **76–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Stevens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
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- **2023-02-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
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- **2023-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/14/2023
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- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
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- **2023-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2023
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- **2023-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
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- **2023-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2023
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- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
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- **2023-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2023
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- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
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- **2023-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
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- **2023-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2023
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- **2023-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
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- **2023-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2023
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- **2023-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2023-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2023
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- **2023-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2023-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2023-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2023-04-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0154)
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- **2023-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0443)
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- **2023-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2023-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 18, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0302) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
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- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 451
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67f4a7cd-8b82-4a2a-80d4-1bf3647b8894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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