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type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares a private entity to be not civilly liable in a class action resulting from a cybersecurity event unless the cybersecurity event was caused by willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the private entity. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 47."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares a private entity to be not civilly liable in a class action resulting from a cybersecurity event unless the cybersecurity event was caused by willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the private entity. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 47."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2434"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2434 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f917cc6-317b-48a7-81c5-ee13e19acf14"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2434&GA=113"
source_hash: "defd62817de1e0ea49efe99347914e8acd0d3a53b2dbe1e1c729f7940f5cff5c"
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 2434 (113) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares a private entity to be not civilly liable in a class action resulting from a cybersecurity event unless the cybersecurity event was caused by willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the private entity. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 47.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0981** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0981.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0958** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0958.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2434.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — **7618** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/11/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/12/2024 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **255** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Terry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/3/2024
- **2024-04-02** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-03** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 18, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0981) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0958)
- **2024-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
- **2024-05-29** Pub. Ch. 991
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f917cc6-317b-48a7-81c5-ee13e19acf14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).