Tennessee House Bill 2282 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-19 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a person with a court-ordered fiduciary responsibility toward a person who lacks capacity and a person holding a valid power of attorney for a person who lacks capacity to bring an action within the statute of limitations; clarifies an incapacitated person who regained capacity can still bring a suit; clarifies an agent or conservator is not shielded from liability if the agent or conservator commits a tort against the incapacitated person. - Amends TCA Title 28.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28, relative to limitations of actions.

Rep. David Hawk [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-19	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
2024-03-13	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
2024-03-12	House	Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/19/2024
2024-03-06	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
2024-03-05	House	Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/2024
2024-02-28	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
2024-02-06	House	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
2024-02-01	House	P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2024-01-31	House	Intro., P1C.
2024-01-29	House	Filed for introduction

SB2699 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-20 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2282&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2282.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2282.pdf