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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 684
SENATE BILL NO. 866
By Stevens, Walley
Substituted for: House Bill No. 734
By Gary Hicks, Renea Jones
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28, relative to the dispute resolution process
for matters involving real property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 28-3-202, is amended by deleting the
section and substituting instead:
With the exception of actions brought pursuant to § 28-1-114(a), all actions,
arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings to recover damages for any
deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of
an improvement to real property, for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any
such deficiency, or for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such
deficiency, must be brought against any person performing or furnishing the design,
planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of the improvement within
four (4) years after substantial completion of an improvement.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect on July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 866
PASSED: March 26, 2026
RANDY M~NALLY
SPEAKER OF THE ~ENA TE
CAME~EXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE 6rREPRESENTATIVES
34- APPROVED this f day of Apr; \ 2026
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