For additional roll call votes on Tennessee SB2638 please see the Vote List

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Bill Title: As enacted, requires the court in a civil case, on a trial court's granting of a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, to award costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees incurred in the proceedings as a consequence of the dismissed claims to the party against whom the dismissed claims were pending. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 25; Title 27 and Title 29.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-29 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1046 [SB2638 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Vote: S. JUD COMM.: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: S. Cal. Comm.

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	8	3	5
Nay	-	-	-
Not Voting	1	-	1
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	9	3	6

Result: Passed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Sen. Barnes, Tim [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Beavers, Mae [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Bell, Mike [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Campfield, Stacey [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Ford, Ophelia [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Kelsey, Brian [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Marrero, Beverly Robison [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Overbey, Doug [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Yager, Ken [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart