---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, provides that an owner, tenant, or lessee is not liable for injuries to a person that occur when the person is on the land of the owner, tenant, or lessee without paying to the owner, tenant, or lessee a valuable consideration for use of the land for the purpose of entering or exiting from or using a public greenway, unless the injuries were caused by the gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct of the owner, tenant, or lessee. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 28; Title 29; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 69."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, provides that an owner, tenant, or lessee is not liable for injuries to a person that occur when the person is on the land of the owner, tenant, or lessee without paying to the owner, tenant, or lessee a valuable consideration for use of the land for the purpose of entering or exiting from or using a public greenway, unless the injuries were caused by the gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct of the owner, tenant, or lessee. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 28; Title 29; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 69."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2468"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2468 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hodges", "Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1af37a3-fbaf-48cd-b4bb-76e07d470ffe"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2468&GA=112"
source_hash: "bbc5600d1fb12b043afe3f64f4eb98adf6afdac2cc56ac4345ca2f19c2635c3b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 2468 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, provides that an owner, tenant, or lessee is not liable for injuries to a person that occur when the person is on the land of the owner, tenant, or lessee without paying to the owner, tenant, or lessee a valuable consideration for use of the land for the purpose of entering or exiting from or using a public greenway, unless the injuries were caused by the gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct of the owner, tenant, or lessee. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 28; Title 29; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 69.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0629** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0629.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0511** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0511.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2468.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/23/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hodges — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0511)
- **2022-03-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0629) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 790
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 790

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1af37a3-fbaf-48cd-b4bb-76e07d470ffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).