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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1765"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1765 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parkinson", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32263669-474f-4a46-8347-d276b76aab29"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1765&GA=112"
source_hash: "fb5d2aec1b8c3c8922b36844ac58e9964d675f64bbdbf4d4ce3b7f870fd8b2b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee HB 1765 (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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0542.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0639** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0639.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1765.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **00** (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 (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/15/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **717** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
## 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** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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** 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.
- **2022-03-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 805
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 805
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32263669-474f-4a46-8347-d276b76aab29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).