republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2523.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing details relating to claim of child sexual abuse, except for identifying information concerning victim, as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of state. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29, Chapter 34, Part 1."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing details relating to claim of child sexual abuse, except for identifying information concerning victim, as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of state. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29, Chapter 34, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2523"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2523 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Harper"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c6f8f32-02be-415a-9e8b-2c1566f7aeba"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2523&GA=110"
source_hash: "94e3b649ec811a027f797484974c1ad5812e57672087d5e86982bcabd270d4df"
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 2523 (110) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing details relating to claim of child sexual abuse, except for identifying information concerning victim, as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of state. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29, Chapter 34, Part 1.

## 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/HB2523.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/14/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018 4/10/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-23** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 962
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 962

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c6f8f32-02be-415a-9e8b-2c1566f7aeba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).