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type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, specifies that, unless certain circumstances are met, a landlord is not liable for negligence in renting, leasing, or otherwise extending housing opportunities to a person who has been previously convicted of a criminal offense based solely on the person's criminal conviction; specifies that evidence of the prior criminal conviction is not admissible. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 40; Title 41, Chapter 4; Title 41, Chapter 8; Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 8; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Section 62-76-104."
description: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, specifies that, unless certain circumstances are met, a landlord is not liable for negligence in renting, leasing, or otherwise extending housing opportunities to a person who has been previously convicted of a criminal offense based solely on the person's criminal conviction; specifies that evidence of the prior criminal conviction is not admissible. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 40; Title 41, Chapter 4; Title 41, Chapter 8; Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 8; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Section 62-76-104."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 803"
citation: "Tennessee SB 803 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord and Tenant"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curcio", "Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/166d1b28-fa15-4855-bba9-18abbe0ecb1c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0803&GA=112"
source_hash: "94b5d0c97afcdcdf51397a8a7f6b39570f8fa79360055e418a1c4de720d6ab2d"
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 803 (112) — Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, specifies that, unless certain circumstances are met, a landlord is not liable for negligence in renting, leasing, or otherwise extending housing opportunities to a person who has been previously convicted of a criminal offense based solely on the person's criminal conviction; specifies that evidence of the prior criminal conviction is not admissible. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 40; Title 41, Chapter 4; Title 41, Chapter 8; Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 8; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Section 62-76-104.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0158** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0158.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0255** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0255.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0803.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/6/2021 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **7110** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Curcio — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 10, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0158) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0255)
- **2021-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 298
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 298
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/166d1b28-fa15-4855-bba9-18abbe0ecb1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).