Tennessee Senate Bill 2699

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-20 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a person with a court-ordered fiduciary responsibility toward a person who lacks capacity and a person holding a valid power of attorney for a person who lacks capacity to bring an action within the statute of limitations; clarifies an incapacitated person who regained capacity can still bring a suit; clarifies an agent or conservator is not shielded from liability if the agent or conservator commits a tort against the incapacitated person. - Amends TCA Title 28.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28, relative to limitations of actions.

Sen. Steve Southerland [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-20	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
2024-03-19	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
2024-03-19	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2024
2024-03-13	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
2024-02-05	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2024-02-01	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2282 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-19 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2699&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2699.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2282.pdf