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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 299
SENATE BILL NO. 408
By Bailey
Substituted for: House Bill No. 534
By Rudder, Slater, Bulso, Sparks, Rudd, Stevens, Cepicky
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 20, relative to governmental tort
liability.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 29-20-107(h), is amended by deleting the
subdivision and substituting:
(h)(1) A governmental entity or local board of education shall not extend the immunity
granted by this chapter to independent school bus contractors in performing or
providing school-related transportation services to a local board of education.
(2) The contract or agreement between a local board of education and an
independent school bus contractor must require sufficient limits for tort liability
exposures as required by applicable law related to performing or providing school-
related transportation services to the local board of education by the contractor.
Evidence of such coverage may include, without limitation, a certificate of insurance
from the provider of insurance coverage that has the local board of education listed as
an additional insured.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 408
PASSED: April 16, 2025
DYMcNALLY
THE SENATE
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CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this / Sf- day o f ~ 2025
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