Tennessee Senate Bill 1800 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-24 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, clarifies that the right of election against the estate of a deceased spouse is not an asset of the estate of the surviving spouse; declares that the personal representative of a deceased surviving spouse is not liable to any person or entity with an interest in the estate of the surviving spouse for loss or damages resulting from the personal representative's discretion to exercise or not exercise the surviving spouse's right to elect against the deceased spouse's estate; makes various other clarifications regarding the death of a surviving spouse before the time for electing the elective share expires. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34; Title 35 and Title 67.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34; Title 35 and Title 67, relative to estates.

Sen. John Stevens [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-24	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2022-01-20	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2022-01-19	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2358 (Crossfiled) 2022-03-09 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1800&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1800.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/SB1800.pdf