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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29."
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description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "SB 1262"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1262 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Gresham"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aca8a5e9-9786-47e8-a8f1-7eda5c3964c6"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1262&GA=111"
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source_hash: "906cf397685990f1733ac913d671abc414e10e3e8fc9674d8b1f3f7ee7db7843"
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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 1262 (111) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing identities of persons relating to a claim as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state if settlement agreement is entered into by governmental entity; maintains confidentiality of victim's identity if the claim involves sexual harassment or sexual assault. - Amends TCA Title 20 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 HA0124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0124.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0407.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1262.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/12/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/19/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beck — primary (person)
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- Gresham — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
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- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/27/2019
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- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/6/2019
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- **2019-02-27** Action def. in Judiciary to 3/6/2019
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- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
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- **2019-03-06** Re-ref. Civil Justice Subcommittee
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- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
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- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
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- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
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- **2019-04-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2019-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0124) `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2019-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
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- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
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- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0407)
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- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 425
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- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 425
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- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2019
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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/aca8a5e9-9786-47e8-a8f1-7eda5c3964c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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