republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-1765.md

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Bill	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a registered charitable organization providing food, housing, or shelter from adverse weather to the community is not liable for any loss, damages, injury, or death that results from providing such services unless the charitable organization's conduct constitutes gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29, Chapter 34 and Title 48.	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a registered charitable organization providing food, housing, or shelter from adverse weather to the community is not liable for any loss, damages, injury, or death that results from providing such services unless the charitable organization's conduct constitutes gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29, Chapter 34 and Title 48.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 1765	Tennessee HB 1765 (112)	bill	Tort Liability and Reform	enacted	Parkinson Watson	3	38	6	2022-01-18	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/32263669-474f-4a46-8347-d276b76aab29	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1765&GA=112	fb5d2aec1b8c3c8922b36844ac58e9964d675f64bbdbf4d4ce3b7f870fd8b2b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1765 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a registered charitable organization providing food, housing, or shelter from adverse weather to the community is not liable for any loss, damages, injury, or death that results from providing such services unless the charitable organization's conduct constitutes gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29, Chapter 34 and Title 48.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0542 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0639 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/15/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — 71–7 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — 29–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Parkinson — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-18 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-19 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-01-20 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-24 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-01-26 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2022-01-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-02 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
• 2022-02-08 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 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
• 2022-02-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
• 2022-03-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
• 2022-03-07 Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 7, PNV 9 passage
• 2022-03-07 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0542) amendment-passage
• 2022-03-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-10 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-03-15 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-22 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
• 2022-03-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-03-24 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0639)
• 2022-03-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-03-24 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-03-25 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-30 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-03-31 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-04-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 805
• 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 805

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32263669-474f-4a46-8347-d276b76aab29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).