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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, enacts the \"Insurance Modernization Act.\" - Amends TCA Section 55-18-105; Title 56 and Section 61-2-105."
+description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, enacts the \"Insurance Modernization Act.\" - Amends TCA Section 55-18-105; Title 56 and Section 61-2-105."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 726"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 726 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agents", "Brokers", "Insurance Companies", "Policies"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2021-02-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d7cd6f7-2d83-4f83-b7b5-a7fdc238ac18"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0726&GA=112"
+source_hash: "5fe15f52533050b7f2c39d69a135fcb1983822e8808ebb7901e8601653f0038f"
+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 726 (112) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, enacts the "Insurance Modernization Act." - Amends TCA Section 55-18-105; Title 56 and Section 61-2-105.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0051** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0051.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0268** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0268.pdf)
+3. **Amendment SA0430** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0430.pdf)
+4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0726.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/27/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 5/5/2021 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 4/6/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/9/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
+- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
+- **2021-03-02** Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to 3/9/2021
+- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
+- **2021-03-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/16/2021
+- **2021-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/30/2021
+- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
+- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
+- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
+- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
+- **2021-04-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0051) `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2021-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2021-04-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-04-19** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
+- **2021-04-19** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2021-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
+- **2021-04-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
+- **2021-05-03** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2021-05-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-05-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0268)
+- **2021-05-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0430)
+- **2021-05-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-05-04** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 5/4/21
+- **2021-05-05** H. concurred in S. am. no. SA2 Ayes 93, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0767
+- **2021-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-05-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 537
+- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/25/2021, 07/01/2021
+- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 537
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d7cd6f7-2d83-4f83-b7b5-a7fdc238ac18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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