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type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, specifies that a local governmental entity is immune from liability for any cause of action or claim for damages arising out of a person's participation in a private appropriately licensed substance abuse treatment program approved by the court as an alternative facility. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, specifies that a local governmental entity is immune from liability for any cause of action or claim for damages arising out of a person's participation in a private appropriately licensed substance abuse treatment program approved by the court as an alternative facility. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Tennessee HB 187 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Keisling"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47146a0a-3704-40e7-a641-ec152be72856"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0187&GA=112"
source_hash: "738045dec231c2cda48687f43354ae407f7cdc347a15346893e903652972ce4a"
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 187 (112) — Local Government, General - As enacted, specifies that a local governmental entity is immune from liability for any cause of action or claim for damages arising out of a person's participation in a private appropriately licensed substance abuse treatment program approved by the court as an alternative facility. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0187.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Keisling — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **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 Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-14** 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** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 386
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/11/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 386
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47146a0a-3704-40e7-a641-ec152be72856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).