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type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a law enforcement officer who causes property damage to or inflicts personal injury upon a person during the course of the law enforcement officer's official duties is immune from civil liability if at the time the damage or injury occurred, the person suffering the injury or damage was engaged in conduct that resulted in the person being convicted of the offense of resisting a stop, frisk, halt, arrest, or search of the person. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39."
description: "Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a law enforcement officer who causes property damage to or inflicts personal injury upon a person during the course of the law enforcement officer's official duties is immune from civil liability if at the time the damage or injury occurred, the person suffering the injury or damage was engaged in conduct that resulted in the person being convicted of the offense of resisting a stop, frisk, halt, arrest, or search of the person. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Tennessee SB 280 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Liability and Reform"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0625a79d-21e5-4cdf-914b-c074bf8ab80f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0280&ga=114"
source_hash: "edc29d9068854a052e7c9ddccc081ee2a1802d03208bd40ee8165f23d76790b7"
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 280 (114) — Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, specifies that a law enforcement officer who causes property damage to or inflicts personal injury upon a person during the course of the law enforcement officer's official duties is immune from civil liability if at the time the damage or injury occurred, the person suffering the injury or damage was engaged in conduct that resulted in the person being convicted of the offense of resisting a stop, frisk, halt, arrest, or search of the person. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0280.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/27/2025 Passed — **275** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **7614** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (1) — **72** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jackson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025
- **2025-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 14, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 160
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0625a79d-21e5-4cdf-914b-c074bf8ab80f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).