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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1971"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1971 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Remedies and Special Proceedings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8818ac83-7431-41ed-9df5-4deaca6e2a58"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1971&ga=114"
source_hash: "54cc956105d1bb3b031ea9194bf50c43f6b6e6a94289fcb70e6825815127d560"
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 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.
1. **Amendment HA0861** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0861.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0923** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0923.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1971.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/11/2026 Passed (4) — **61** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/2/2026 Passed — **1813** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **5638** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026 3/26/2026 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (3) — **119** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8818ac83-7431-41ed-9df5-4deaca6e2a58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).