republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2434.md

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Bill	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares a private entity to be not civilly liable in a class action resulting from a cybersecurity event unless the cybersecurity event was caused by willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the private entity. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 47.	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares a private entity to be not civilly liable in a class action resulting from a cybersecurity event unless the cybersecurity event was caused by willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the private entity. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 47.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 2434	Tennessee HB 2434 (113)	bill	Tort Liability and Reform	enacted	Terry	3	31	5	2024-01-30	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4f917cc6-317b-48a7-81c5-ee13e19acf14	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2434&GA=113	defd62817de1e0ea49efe99347914e8acd0d3a53b2dbe1e1c729f7940f5cff5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2434 (113) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares a private entity to be not civilly liable in a class action resulting from a cybersecurity event unless the cybersecurity event was caused by willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the private entity. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 47.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0981 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0958 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — 76–18 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/11/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/12/2024 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — 25–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-02-01 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-28 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
• 2024-03-05 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-12 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-20 Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/27/2024
• 2024-03-27 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/3/2024
• 2024-04-02 Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 4/9/2024
• 2024-04-03 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/10/2024
• 2024-04-09 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2024
• 2024-04-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
• 2024-04-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-04-22 Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 18, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-04-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0981) amendment-passage
• 2024-04-23 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-04-24 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0958)
• 2024-04-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-30 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-05-01 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
• 2024-05-29 Pub. Ch. 991

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f917cc6-317b-48a7-81c5-ee13e19acf14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).