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4.9 KiB
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| Bill | Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, prohibits governmental entities or local boards of education from extending immunity granted to independent school bus contractors rather than independent school bus owners and operators for providing school-related transportation services; requires liability insurance coverage in a contract or agreement between a local board of education and an independent school bus contractor for such services to be in an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable law; permits evidence of such coverage to include a certificate of insurance from an insurance provider that lists the local board of education as an additional insured. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20. | Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, prohibits governmental entities or local boards of education from extending immunity granted to independent school bus contractors rather than independent school bus owners and operators for providing school-related transportation services; requires liability insurance coverage in a contract or agreement between a local board of education and an independent school bus contractor for such services to be in an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable law; permits evidence of such coverage to include a certificate of insurance from an insurance provider that lists the local board of education as an additional insured. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 114 | SB 408 | Tennessee SB 408 (114) |
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1 | 20 | 2 | 2025-01-28 | 2025-05-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/a8a8df37-aa45-489d-9f8e-0cbb0c36f955 | https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0408&ga=114 | 7fb8a06befb6484a45ff4cb859a23152086547df46ab8d50d6126ffcd22efb35 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Tennessee SB 408 (114) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, prohibits governmental entities or local boards of education from extending immunity granted to independent school bus contractors rather than independent school bus owners and operators for providing school-related transportation services; requires liability insurance coverage in a contract or agreement between a local board of education and an independent school bus contractor for such services to be in an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable law; permits evidence of such coverage to include a certificate of insurance from an insurance provider that lists the local board of education as an additional insured. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/3/2025 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bailey — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-28 Filed for introduction
filing - 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2025-02-18 Refer to Senate Transportation & Safety Committee
- 2025-02-18 Recalled from Senate Judiciary Committee
- 2025-02-19 Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
- 2025-02-26 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- 2025-02-27 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/3/2025
- 2025-03-03 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
receipt - 2025-03-03 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
passage - 2025-03-06 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- 2025-04-16 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0
passage - 2025-04-16 Subst. for comp. HB.
substitution - 2025-04-22 Signed by H. Speaker
passage - 2025-04-22 Signed by Senate Speaker
passage - 2025-04-22 Enrolled and ready for signatures
enrolled - 2025-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for action.
executive-receipt - 2025-05-01 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2025-05-13 Effective date(s) 05/01/2025
- 2025-05-13 Pub. Ch. 299
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8a8df37-aa45-489d-9f8e-0cbb0c36f955. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).