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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United States to be held liable for a loss, damages, injury, or death resulting from a criminal offense committed by the person who is unlawfully present in the United States while the person is receiving housing services from the charitable organization if the charitable organization's conduct in providing housing constitutes negligence, gross negligence, or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34."
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description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United States to be held liable for a loss, damages, injury, or death resulting from a criminal offense committed by the person who is unlawfully present in the United States while the person is receiving housing services from the charitable organization if the charitable organization's conduct in providing housing constitutes negligence, gross negligence, or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 227"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 227 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d70e50a-0a34-4010-8ade-2eb885940716"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0227&ga=114"
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source_hash: "6084465f3d3f6fa8e7e9af56b045b30e4fa1c09bcc827237b7595220a216875a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 227 (114) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United States to be held liable for a loss, damages, injury, or death resulting from a criminal offense committed by the person who is unlawfully present in the United States while the person is receiving housing services from the charitable organization if the charitable organization's conduct in providing housing constitutes negligence, gross negligence, or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0364** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0364.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0208.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0227.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **70–23** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (2) — **68–24** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/24/2025 Passed — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/3/2025 Passed (1) — **24–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
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- **2025-03-18** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2025
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- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025
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- **2025-03-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 1
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- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
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- **2025-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2025-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0208)
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- **2025-04-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0364) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
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- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 311
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d70e50a-0a34-4010-8ade-2eb885940716`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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