Tennessee House Bill 1351

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on May 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-24 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 451
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, requires an action brought against a county for any wrong, injury, loss, damage or expense resulting from any act or failure to act on the part of any deputy appointed by the sheriff to be filed within one year after the cause of action accrued; clarifies that failure of the county to respond in 60 days is not a default but rather the county is deemed to have denied the material, well pleaded factual allegations of the complaint. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 29.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 29, relative to liability for certain acts.

Rep. Andrew Farmer [R]

Rep. Jody Barrett [R]

Rep. Rusty Grills [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-24		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 451
2023-04-21	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-04-21	House	Comp. SB subst.
2023-04-18	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023
2023-04-18	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-18	House	Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-04-18	House	Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-18	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2023-04-12	House	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-05	House	Placed behind the budget
2023-03-29	House	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2023
2023-03-29	House	Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2023-03-29	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2023-03-22	House	Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/29/2023
2023-03-21	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-03-16	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	House	Reset on Final cal. of Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-03-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
2023-02-22	House	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-02-22	House	Ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-02-02	House	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2023-02-01	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

SB0491 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-24 - Effective date(s) 07/01/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1351&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1351.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0451.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0302.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0491.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM1202.pdf