---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 71, Chapter 3."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 71, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1683"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1683 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c378c6f8-1c34-442c-bfaa-f810915bce22"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1683&ga=114"
source_hash: "fb6ef2f2beac7fce4da63881242675d68b32bd9bd0060e1d9badeb689a1ece83"
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 1683 (114) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act." - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 71, Chapter 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1683.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/9/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/3/2026 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/27/2026
- **2026-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/3/2026
- **2026-02-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/9/2026
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 1, PNV 10 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-27** Pub. Ch. 695

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c378c6f8-1c34-442c-bfaa-f810915bce22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).