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Bill Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, limits the liability of a person or entity that contracts with the department of children's services to provide foster care services to children in the department's custody in the same manner that the department's liability is limited from civil actions or claims filed by the children and families who are the intended or actual recipients of those services; specifies that a claim against the contractor arising from the contractor's provision of foster care continuum services to children in the department's custody must be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction and will not be heard by the claims commission. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 29 and Title 37. Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, limits the liability of a person or entity that contracts with the department of children's services to provide foster care services to children in the department's custody in the same manner that the department's liability is limited from civil actions or claims filed by the children and families who are the intended or actual recipients of those services; specifies that a claim against the contractor arising from the contractor's provision of foster care continuum services to children in the department's custody must be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction and will not be heard by the claims commission. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 29 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 2016 Tennessee SB 2016 (112)
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Tennessee SB 2016 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, limits the liability of a person or entity that contracts with the department of children's services to provide foster care services to children in the department's custody in the same manner that the department's liability is limited from civil actions or claims filed by the children and families who are the intended or actual recipients of those services; specifies that a claim against the contractor arising from the contractor's provision of foster care continuum services to children in the department's custody must be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction and will not be heard by the claims commission. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 29 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0544 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0610 (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 1 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed — 81 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/15/2022 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — 7214 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — 291 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bell — primary (person)
  • Littleton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-19 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-20 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2022-01-24 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-02-02 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2022-02-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
  • 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
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-01 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/8/2022
  • 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 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-07 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Judiciary Comm. 3/8/22
  • 2022-03-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
  • 2022-03-07 Reset on cal. for 3/21/2022
  • 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-09 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-17 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
  • 2022-03-21 Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 14, PNV 1 passage
  • 2022-03-21 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0544) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2022-03-21 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-03-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2022-03-21 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 1 passage
  • 2022-03-21 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0610)
  • 2022-03-21 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-03-21 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 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 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
  • 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 777
  • 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 777

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5ca1d4b-0c1a-4e1f-b359-dfceed3f6531. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).