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Civil Procedure - As enacted, increases minimum time from 15 to 90 days that a court must give the general assembly to remedy any defects in a redistricting plan; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 18., the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 835

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1858

                                                             By Stevens

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2184

                                                     By Lankford, Lamberth

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20, Chapter 18, relative to civil procedure.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 20-18-101, is amended by deleting
subdivisions (b)(1) and ,(2) and substituting instead:

                    (1) When an action described in subsection (a) is filed, the person or entity filing the
          action shall provide notice of the complaint to the presiding judge of the judicial district, who
          shall notify the supreme court. The supreme court shall select three (3) trial court judges of
          courts of record to sit as a three-judge panel to hear and decide the civil action.

                    (2) To ensure that members of the three-judge panel are drawn from different regions
          of the state, the supreme court shall select one (1) judge from each grand division of the
          state.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 20-18-102, is amended by deleting the
section and substituting:

                    Notwithstanding § 4-4-104 and any other law to the contrary, venue for a civil action
          described in § 20-18-101 (a) is in any county in this state.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 20-18-105(a), is amended by deleting the
language "fifteen (15) calendar days" and substituting instead "ninety (90) calendar days".

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1858

PASSED:  April 14, 2026

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                                                  RANDY Mcf\ALLY
                                     SPEAKER OF THE SE~ATE

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                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this ::iz1L day of Ap1c,·(                 2026

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                      BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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