republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1417.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, provides that all actions, arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings to recover damages for a deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of a trolley or light rail system, for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such deficiency, must be brought against any governmental entity that owns, operates, or controls the trolley or light right system within four years after substantial completion of an improvement. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, provides that all actions, arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings to recover damages for a deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of a trolley or light rail system, for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such deficiency, must be brought against any governmental entity that owns, operates, or controls the trolley or light right system within four years after substantial completion of an improvement. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1417"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1417 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Chism"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d540453-984c-435e-8633-70cc2773f628"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1417&GA=112"
source_hash: "b99afe07d412cc5edea86111f3fb86bfbbda00f1891aa4522e5c264d94f55e8c"
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 SB 1417 (112) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, provides that all actions, arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings to recover damages for a deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of a trolley or light rail system, for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such deficiency, must be brought against any governmental entity that owns, operates, or controls the trolley or light right system within four years after substantial completion of an improvement. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0310** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0310.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0322.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1417.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/6/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/27/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- Chism — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **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 if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0322)
- **2021-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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** Re-ref. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0310) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 506
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 506

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d540453-984c-435e-8633-70cc2773f628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).