TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on May 5, 2022

The General Assembly has ratified and approved proposed changes to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure and Rules of Evidence. All changes will take effect on July 1. The state House approved the appellate procedure changes (Resolution 134) and the civil procedure changes (Resolution 133) on March 7 and changes to criminal procedure (Resolution 129) and rules of evidence (Resolution 130) on March 10. The state Senate approved changes to appellate procedure (Resolution 92), civil procedure (Resolution 91), criminal procedure (Resolution 90) and evidence (Resolution 93) on Feb. 24. Read the notice from the Tennessee Supreme Court clerk.