Tennessee Senate Bill 866 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-22 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a court-appointed attorney to review all pro se civil action pleadings to determine whether the action is meritorious; requires all pro se litigants in civil actions to post a security bond of up to $100,000; requires that payment of the security bond be made from the state general fund if the plaintiff is proceeding without representation and in forma pauperis; requires dismissal of the civil action pleading with prejudice if the reviewing court-appointed attorney determines the action is without merit or if the plaintiff is unable to pay the security bond. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29, Chapter 41.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20 and Title 29, Chapter 41, relative to civil actions.

Sen. Jon Lundberg [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-22	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2021-02-11	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2021-02-10	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0337 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-10 - Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0866&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0866.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB0337.pdf