republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1261.md

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Bill	County Government - As enacted, authorizes counties that self-insure their liability for county officials and employees under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act to self-insure their risk of loss in lieu of obtaining bonds or insurance to cover their liability for such persons. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 19.	County Government - As enacted, authorizes counties that self-insure their liability for county officials and employees under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act to self-insure their risk of loss in lieu of obtaining bonds or insurance to cover their liability for such persons. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 19.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1261	Tennessee SB 1261 (112)	bill	County Government	enacted	Baum Reeves	3	37	6	2021-02-10	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/25000d5b-9983-4c2a-9b33-344b070d6347	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1261&GA=112	63dcd8162c2778dc4dbba5d309c264cd02512887a488302bf70b8e05b96cc8eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1261 (112) — County Government - As enacted, authorizes counties that self-insure their liability for county officials and employees under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act to self-insure their risk of loss in lieu of obtaining bonds or insurance to cover their liability for such persons. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 19.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0066 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0137 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/9/2021 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/24/2021 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Baum — primary (person)
• Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-02-22 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
• 2021-03-02 Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-09 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-16 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
• 2021-03-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
• 2021-03-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-03-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0066) amendment-passage
• 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-23 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-23 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-23 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-03-24 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-03-25 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-04-01 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
• 2021-04-05 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-05 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-04-05 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0137)
• 2021-04-05 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-04-06 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-04-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-04-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 232
• 2021-05-04 Effective date(s) 4/22/2021
• 2021-05-04 Pub. Ch. 232

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25000d5b-9983-4c2a-9b33-344b070d6347. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).