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Bill Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, establishes that a contracted licensed healthcare provider who certifies that a person is free from an impairment to authorize the person to work in a jail is not an agent of the municipality, county, or political subdivision; establishes that a municipality, county, or political subdivision's good faith reliance of the jailer qualification requirements does not give rise to a cause of action. - Amends TCA Section 41-4-144. Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, establishes that a contracted licensed healthcare provider who certifies that a person is free from an impairment to authorize the person to work in a jail is not an agent of the municipality, county, or political subdivision; establishes that a municipality, county, or political subdivision's good faith reliance of the jailer qualification requirements does not give rise to a cause of action. - Amends TCA Section 41-4-144. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 972 Tennessee SB 972 (112)
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Tennessee SB 972 (112) — Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, establishes that a contracted licensed healthcare provider who certifies that a person is free from an impairment to authorize the person to work in a jail is not an agent of the municipality, county, or political subdivision; establishes that a municipality, county, or political subdivision's good faith reliance of the jailer qualification requirements does not give rise to a cause of action. - Amends TCA Section 41-4-144.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 4/6/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hakeem — primary (person)
  • Watson — 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
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2021-02-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-24 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
  • 2021-03-16 Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-23 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2021-04-13 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-16 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/19/2021
  • 2021-04-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-04-19 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-04-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 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 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-28 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-04-28 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-30 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-05-03 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-05-04 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/11/2021
  • 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 359
  • 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 359

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11673e9b-8d7a-43c7-acd3-25d7fca9a784. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).