republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2202.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, revises provisions governing appeals from general sessions courts. - Amends TCA Section 27-5-108."
description: "Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, revises provisions governing appeals from general sessions courts. - Amends TCA Section 27-5-108."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2202"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2202 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "General Sessions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c0c9954-f674-4f6c-8595-9d82ef6c69aa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2202&GA=110"
source_hash: "915ecf1197a0a63743615a740bb76654cc8e00a32ccd93f81aba52bbeb691ae4"
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 2202 (110) — Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, revises provisions governing appeals from general sessions courts. - Amends TCA Section 27-5-108.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2202.pdf)

## Votes

- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2018 PASSED (2) — **92–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/28/2018 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **24–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2018 3/8/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2018-02-05** Sponsor change.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0796) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-19** Re-refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1067)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0788)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-23** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 93, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2202
- **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 858
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 858

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c0c9954-f674-4f6c-8595-9d82ef6c69aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).