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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding a litigation financier. - Amends TCA Section 47-16-105 and Section 47-16-109."
+description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding a litigation financier. - Amends TCA Section 47-16-105 and Section 47-16-109."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 305"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 305 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lynn", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2017-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0561a863-3ffc-4043-bd38-e1da270a966a"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0305&GA=110"
+source_hash: "43c27422a16fd05bbece140f69c834e8ec757434afb387149ab40c3c84d0abc3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 305 (110) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding a litigation financier. - Amends TCA Section 47-16-105 and Section 47-16-109.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0305.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lynn — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
+- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
+- **2017-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/14/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
+- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 3/22/17
+- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/28/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
+- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 4/5/2017
+- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
+- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0230)
+- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
+- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
+- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0304) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 212
+- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
+- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 212
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0561a863-3ffc-4043-bd38-e1da270a966a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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