republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111s2/sb-8002.md

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Bill	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, enacts "Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act." - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3; Title 29, Chapter 34; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, enacts "Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act." - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3; Title 29, Chapter 34; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111S2	SB 8002	Tennessee SB 8002 (111S2)	bill	Tort Liability and Reform	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	8	35	10	2020-08-07	2020-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/0c2b836f-dfa1-41e3-a8a3-84cc1c758363	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB8002&GA=111	6822e53071e87f324a9b9842c3c55280b4967d4176bc3ae07297bb8609f78444	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 8002 (111S2) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, enacts "Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act." - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3; Title 29, Chapter 34; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA8010 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA8011 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment HA8013 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA8001 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment SA8003 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment SA8004 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment SA8005 (committee substitute) — source
8. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Passed (1) — 80–10 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Amend# 4 by Yarbro 8/12/2020 Passed (2) — 27–4 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY STEWART PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Failed (3) — 18–71 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 8/11/2020 Passed (4) — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION II: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II 8/12/2020 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• COVID RELATED LIABILITY COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION II: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II 8/11/2020 (6) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Passed (2) — 70–20 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 8/12/2020 Passed (1) — 27–4 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Amend# 3 by Yarbro 8/12/2020 Passed (3) — 27–4 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY CLEMMONS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Failed (4) — 19–72 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-08-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-08-10 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-08-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-08-11 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 8/12/2020
• 2020-08-11 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2020-08-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 8/11/2020
• 2020-08-11 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Judiciary Comm. 8-11-20
• 2020-08-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2020-08-11 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-08-11 Placed on cal. COVID Related Liability Committee of Extraordinary Session II for 8/11/2020
• 2020-08-11 P2C, ref. to COVID Related Liability Committee referral-committee
• 2020-08-12 Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 10, PNV 1 passage
• 2020-08-12 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA8010) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-08-12 Failed to adopt, Ayes 18, Nays 71, PNV 1
• 2020-08-12 Failed to adopt, Ayes 19, Nays 72, PNV 0
• 2020-08-12 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-08-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-08-12 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 4 passage
• 2020-08-12 Amendment #4 tabled amendment-deferral
• 2020-08-12 Amendment #3 tabled amendment-deferral
• 2020-08-12 Amendment #2 tabled amendment-deferral
• 2020-08-12 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA8001)
• 2020-08-12 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-08-12 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 8/12/2020
• 2020-08-12 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-08-12 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II for 8/12/2020
• 2020-08-13 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-08-13 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-08-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-08-13 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-08-17 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-08-20 Pub. Ch. 1
• 2020-08-20 Effective date(s) 8/17/2020
• 2020-08-20 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c2b836f-dfa1-41e3-a8a3-84cc1c758363. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).