2021-2022 Regular Session • Tennessee Legislature
HB0798: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 20, relative to governmental tort liability.
Legislative Summary
As enacted, provides that all actions, arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings to recover damages for a deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of a trolley or light rail system, for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such deficiency, must be brought against any governmental entity that owns, operates, or controls the trolley or light right system within four years after substantial completion of an improvement. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20.
Bill History
2/9/2021
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/10/2021
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/11/2021
P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
House of Representatives
2/20/2021
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
House of Representatives
3/16/2021
Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
House of Representatives
3/24/2021
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
House of Representatives
3/30/2021
Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
House of Representatives
3/31/2021
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
House of Representatives
4/6/2021
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
House of Representatives
4/7/2021
Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
House of Representatives
4/14/2021
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
4/21/2021
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
House of Representatives
4/22/2021
Re-ref. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
4/26/2021
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House of Representatives
4/26/2021
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/27/2021
House of Representatives
4/27/2021
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/27/2021
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
4/28/2021
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
House of Representatives
5/3/2021
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
5/3/2021
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
House of Representatives
5/3/2021
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
House of Representatives
5/4/2021
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives
6/1/2021
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 506
Amendments
HA0310
Amendment 1-0 to HB0798
4/14/2021Not Adopted
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(6/1/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
