TN HB 811
died on adjournmentTort 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.
Tennessee · 114S1 · lower
Quick answers
Did TN HB 811 pass?
No. TN HB 811 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 311
What is TN HB 811 about?
TN HB 811 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “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.”.
Who sponsors TN HB 811?
Grills is the primary sponsor of TN HB 811.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-05
- Latest action
- 2025-05-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 311
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Grillsprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-04
Filed for introduction
filing
2025-02-05
Intro., P1C.
introduction
2025-02-06
P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2025-02-10
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee
2025-03-27
Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
2025-04-02
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
2025-04-02
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2025-04-09
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2025-04-09
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-14
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
2025-04-15
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
2025-04-16
Comp. SB subst.
2025-04-16
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2025-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 311
Versions
Documents
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- (no extracted text yet)
- (no extracted text yet)
Votes
FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES 3/27/2025 Passed
2025-03-27 · pass · 71-22
HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (3)
2025-04-02 · pass · 5-1
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2025 Passed (2)
2025-04-09 · pass · 15-6
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025 4/15/2025 (1)
2025-04-16 · fail · 0-0
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 227
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:51.339172Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TN&identifier=HB 811. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
- Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.