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Bill 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. 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. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 HB 2596 Tennessee HB 2596 (112)
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Tennessee HB 2596 (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
  2. Amendment SA0511 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — 300 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — 850 (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) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hodges — primary (person)
  • Powers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-02 Intro. introduction
  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-03 P1C.
  • 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-07 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
  • 2022-02-16 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-16 Ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-16 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2022-03-01 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-01 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
  • 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 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-03-21 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 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.
  • 2022-03-23 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 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 790
  • 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
  • 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 790

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a614953f-0809-43f3-b4dd-bd2837c9c183. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).