# Tennessee SB 1858: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20, Chapter 18, relative to civil procedure. Tennessee SB 1858, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20, Chapter 18, relative to civil procedure., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-05 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1858-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1858 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20, Chapter 18, relative to civil procedure. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-05-05, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Civil Procedure - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (110 yes, 28 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Ninety-day deadline for certain lawsuits: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the deadline set by this law is 90 calendar days instead of 15. Parties in these special three-judge civil cases have more time to act or respond. This change affects timing only and does not change payments or benefits. - New venue and three-judge panel rules: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Tennessee Supreme Court selects three trial judges, one from each grand division, to hear these special civil cases as a panel. The prior notice step to a district’s presiding judge is removed. These cases can be filed in any Tennessee county. Plaintiffs get more choice… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-14 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 | pass | 76 | 20 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/19/2026 | pass | 27 | 6 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 2 | | ## Actions (20) - 2026-05-05: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-05: Pub. Ch. 835 - 2026-04-27: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-15: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 20, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-04-14: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0773) (House) - 2026-04-14: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-03-23: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-03-19: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0619) (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0835.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1858.pdf) - HA0773: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0773.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1858.pdf) - SA0619: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0619.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1915: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58, relative to public benefits. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0835.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1858.pdf) - [HA0773 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0773.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1858.pdf) - [SA0619 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0619.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1915: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1915-2025-2026) - [SB 1900: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to fi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1900-2025-2026) - [SB 1766: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1766-2025-2026) - [SB 1771: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1771-2025-2026) - [SB 1668: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1668-2025-2026) - [SB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1667-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1858-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).