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| Bill | Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, removes the right of a cause of action for any affected person who seeks declaratory and injunctive relief in any action brought regarding the legality or constitutionality of a state governmental action; authorizes such an action against a political subdivision of this state; does not limit any other cause of action or waiver of sovereign immunity to vindicate rights under the Tennessee Constitution or the United States Constitution. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 49. | Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, removes the right of a cause of action for any affected person who seeks declaratory and injunctive relief in any action brought regarding the legality or constitutionality of a state governmental action; authorizes such an action against a political subdivision of this state; does not limit any other cause of action or waiver of sovereign immunity to vindicate rights under the Tennessee Constitution or the United States Constitution. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 49. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 114 | HB 1971 | Tennessee HB 1971 (114) |
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3 | 36 | 5 | 2026-01-22 | 2026-04-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/8818ac83-7431-41ed-9df5-4deaca6e2a58 | https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1971&ga=114 | 54cc956105d1bb3b031ea9194bf50c43f6b6e6a94289fcb70e6825815127d560 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Tennessee HB 1971 (114) — Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, removes the right of a cause of action for any affected person who seeks declaratory and injunctive relief in any action brought regarding the legality or constitutionality of a state governmental action; authorizes such an action against a political subdivision of this state; does not limit any other cause of action or waiver of sovereign immunity to vindicate rights under the Tennessee Constitution or the United States Constitution. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 49.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Amendment HA0861 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA0923 (committee substitute) — source
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/11/2026 Passed (4) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/2/2026 Passed — 18–13 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — 56–38 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026 3/26/2026 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (3) — 11–9 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Farmer — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-22 Filed for introduction
filing - 2026-02-02 Intro., P1C.
introduction - 2026-02-04 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/11/2026
- 2026-02-04 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-02-04 P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2026-02-11 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/18/2026
- 2026-02-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship - 2026-02-11 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-18 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/11/2026
- 2026-02-19 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
sponsorship - 2026-02-20 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
sponsorship - 2026-02-25 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2026
- 2026-03-02 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
sponsorship - 2026-03-04 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2026
- 2026-03-11 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
- 2026-03-18 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
- 2026-03-18 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
- 2026-03-25 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
- 2026-03-25 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship - 2026-03-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
- 2026-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship - 2026-03-30 Passed H., as am., Ayes 56, Nays 38, PNV 1
passage - 2026-03-30 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0861)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-31 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
receipt - 2026-04-02 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
enrolled - 2026-04-02 Passed Senate, Ayes 18, Nays 13
passage - 2026-04-02 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0923)
- 2026-04-02 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
substitution - 2026-04-02 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2026-04-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Signed by Senate Speaker
passage - 2026-04-06 Signed by H. Speaker
passage - 2026-04-07 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2026-04-23 Effective date(s) 04/07/2026
- 2026-04-23 Pub. Ch. 664
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8818ac83-7431-41ed-9df5-4deaca6e2a58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).