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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a provider of certain services from billing a consumer for an extra billing cycle if the consumer terminates the contract or agreement for services within the first half of a billing cycle; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65."
+description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a provider of certain services from billing a consumer for an extra billing cycle if the consumer terminates the contract or agreement for services within the first half of a billing cycle; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 41"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 41 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-07"
+last_action: "2025-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f65d840-2ff5-42e7-b191-a0979fda01db"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0041&ga=114"
+source_hash: "c3e1d9ea23be3db60f112cb0167021b453445456902717c1409beacd58ce2cad"
+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 41 (114) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a provider of certain services from billing a consumer for an extra billing cycle if the consumer terminates the contract or agreement for services within the first half of a billing cycle; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0041.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2025 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2025 Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haile — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
+- **2025-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2025
+- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2025-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2025-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
+- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 154
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f65d840-2ff5-42e7-b191-a0979fda01db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+