---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, extends termination date from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, for limitations on claims against a person for loss, damage, injury, or death arising from COVID-19. - Amends TCA Section 9-8-307; Title 14, Chapter 5; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Section 49-7-159."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, extends termination date from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, for limitations on claims against a person for loss, damage, injury, or death arising from COVID-19. - Amends TCA Section 9-8-307; Title 14, Chapter 5; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Section 49-7-159."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2448"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2448 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d542f2-f37f-4d34-b9ba-9245d00ead39"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2448&GA=112"
source_hash: "3f18fef703abd74ef2ae1480a262738a412fa245fa4cdbf5930f384b1195ce22"
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 2448 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, extends termination date from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, for limitations on claims against a person for loss, damage, injury, or death arising from COVID-19. - Amends TCA Section 9-8-307; Title 14, Chapter 5; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Section 49-7-159.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0579** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0579.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0624** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0624.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2448.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022 3/3/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **78–7** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2022 Passed (2) — **67–16** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/15/2022 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/15/2022 Passed (3) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/28/2022 Passed (2) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)
- White — 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 Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 67, Nays 16, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0624) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0579) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-10** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Senate refused to concur in House amendments #1 and #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-21** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/24/22
- **2022-03-24** H. refused to recede from am. no. HA1&2 SB2448
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Conference Committee appointed. (White, Bailey, Johnson, Stevens, Yarbro)
- **2022-03-30** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/4/22
- **2022-04-04** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/18/22
- **2022-04-04** Reset on cal. for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/18/22
- **2022-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/21/22
- **2022-04-18** Reset on cal. for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-21** Conf. comm. appointed. (Farmer, Zachary, Beck, Curcio)
- **2022-04-28** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 78, Nays 7 PNV 0
- **2022-04-28** Conference Committee report adopted,
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1117
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1117

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d542f2-f37f-4d34-b9ba-9245d00ead39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).