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Bill Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, broadens the definition of "governmental entity" under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act to include certain 501(c)(4) nonprofit property owners associations that, among other requirements, own and operate a water or sewer distribution service. - Amends TCA Section 29-20-102. Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, broadens the definition of "governmental entity" under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act to include certain 501(c)(4) nonprofit property owners associations that, among other requirements, own and operate a water or sewer distribution service. - Amends TCA Section 29-20-102. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 HB 697 Tennessee HB 697 (112)
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Tennessee HB 697 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, broadens the definition of "governmental entity" under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act to include certain 501(c)(4) nonprofit property owners associations that, among other requirements, own and operate a water or sewer distribution service. - Amends TCA Section 29-20-102.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0307 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0114 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2021 Passed (2) — 80 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — 902 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bailey — primary (person)
  • Russell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-20 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-23 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
  • 2021-04-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
  • 2021-04-28 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2021-04-28 Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 2, PNV 3 passage
  • 2021-04-28 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0307) amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-29 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-04-29 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Senate Reset on calendar for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2021-05-03 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2021-05-04 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-05-04 Senate Amendment withdrawn.
  • 2021-05-06 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2021-05-11 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-05-13 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-05-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-06-01 Effective date(s) 05/25/2021
  • 2021-06-01 Pub. Ch. 534
  • 2021-06-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 534

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3f8f6b5-625e-49c9-b9f4-4d23040efc0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).