republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1844.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	SB 1844	Tennessee SB 1844 (112)	bill	Tort Liability and Reform	enacted	Parkinson Watson	3	38	6	2022-01-18	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7719ca6f-74e0-4134-b31b-ff7be861b638	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1844&GA=112	7366b3b5e4e9ce805cb2ac26b0530a26f27532ea00cb52267e04594ecdda612c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1844 (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
• 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
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed — 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
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — 71–7 (pass) · lower

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 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-20 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-01-24 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 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 Companion House Bill substituted
• 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.
• 2022-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-25 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 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 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 805
• 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 805

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7719ca6f-74e0-4134-b31b-ff7be861b638. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).