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Bill Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a good faith donor of apparently usable feminine hygiene products to a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization for distribution to persons in need of the product is not subject to criminal or civil liability in the absence of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 53. Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a good faith donor of apparently usable feminine hygiene products to a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization for distribution to persons in need of the product is not subject to criminal or civil liability in the absence of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 53. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 HB 640 Tennessee HB 640 (112)
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Tennessee HB 640 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a good faith donor of apparently usable feminine hygiene products to a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization for distribution to persons in need of the product is not subject to criminal or civil liability in the absence of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28 and Title 53.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/16/2021 (5) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/30/2021 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — 930 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (2) — 930 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alexander — primary (person)
  • Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-20 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
  • 2021-03-09 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2021
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
  • 2021-03-16 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
  • 2021-04-01 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021
  • 2021-04-01 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/5/2021
  • 2021-04-05 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-04-05 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-05 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-04-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-04-05 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-04-07 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-04-07 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-04-09 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-04-12 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-04-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 207
  • 2021-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Pub. Ch. 207

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a40b904-118f-4b3b-9a7f-21c8e6194119. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).