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SB 227Tort 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.

Status: Signed into law
Latest action: 2025-05-13 — Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
Primary sponsor: Taylor

Tort Liability and Reform

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This round of amendments restructures the bill through Senate Judiciary 1 Amendment No. 1, which replaced all language after the enacting clause. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a definition of 'housing' that creates a critical distinction between long-term living accommodations (which trigger the new charitable organization liability provisions) and temporary overnight shelter such as homeless shelters (which are explicitly excluded from liability). The remaining changes are technical corrections including subsection renumbering from '(c)' to '(1)', grammatical corrections ('who' to 'whom'), addition of subsection designation '(c)' for the new statutory insertion, and administrative updates to document control numbers. The core liability framework—holding charitable organizations liable for criminal offenses committed by persons unlawfully present in the U.S. when the organization's housing provision constitutes negligence, gross negligence, or willful and wanton misconduct—remains intact but now applies only to long-term housing as newly defined.

Definition of 'housing' added to limit liability to long-term accommodations while explicitly excluding temporary shelters like homeless facilities
Senate Judiciary 1 Amendment No. 1 replaced all original bill language after the enacting clause
Subsection renumbering and grammatical corrections applied throughout the liability provisions
Document control numbers updated to reflect amendment process
Subsection designation '(c)' added to formally number the new statutory insertion

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Versions

Current VersionJan 17, 2025
Amendment SA0208Jan 27, 2025
Amendment HA0364Feb 10, 2025

Legislative history

May 13, 2025
Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
May 13, 2025
Pub. Ch. 311
May 2, 2025
Signed by Governor.
Apr 22, 2025
Transmitted to Governor for action.
Apr 21, 2025
Signed by H. Speaker
Apr 21, 2025
Enrolled and ready for signatures
Apr 21, 2025
Signed by Senate Speaker
Apr 16, 2025
Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 23, PNV 0
Apr 16, 2025
Subst. for comp. HB.
Apr 16, 2025
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0364)
Apr 7, 2025
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Apr 3, 2025
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0208)
Apr 3, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
Apr 3, 2025
Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
Apr 3, 2025
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 4, PNV 1
Apr 1, 2025
Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
Mar 24, 2025
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 1
Mar 19, 2025
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025
Mar 18, 2025
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2025
Mar 12, 2025
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

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