--- type: "Bill" title: "Tickets, Admission - As enacted, adds as an act that constitutes the offense of engaging in a deceptive business practice, a violation of the Tennessee Trade Mark Act, and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act the use of the trade name or trademark, or a confusingly similar trade name or trademark of any place of entertainment, or the name of any event, person, or entity scheduled to perform at a place of entertainment in the domain or subdomain of a ticket marketplace URL. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 67." description: "Tickets, Admission - As enacted, adds as an act that constitutes the offense of engaging in a deceptive business practice, a violation of the Tennessee Trade Mark Act, and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act the use of the trade name or trademark, or a confusingly similar trade name or trademark of any place of entertainment, or the name of any event, person, or entity scheduled to perform at a place of entertainment in the domain or subdomain of a ticket marketplace URL. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 67." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "HB 2139" citation: "Tennessee HB 2139 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tickets", "Admission"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hill T", "Yager"] version_count: 1 action_count: 47 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2018-01-17" last_action: "2018-05-18" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201cb6ce-9873-47e5-9ae9-eda1bed98314" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2139&GA=110" source_hash: "849ea7b619725f8b881929c2a5249e09a88022452586e30b15a88fef22d5d142" 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 HB 2139 (110) — Tickets, Admission - As enacted, adds as an act that constitutes the offense of engaging in a deceptive business practice, a violation of the Tennessee Trade Mark Act, and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act the use of the trade name or trademark, or a confusingly similar trade name or trademark of any place of entertainment, or the name of any event, person, or entity scheduled to perform at a place of entertainment in the domain or subdomain of a ticket marketplace URL. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 67. ## 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/HB2139.pdf) ## Votes - BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/6/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower - CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 3/29/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Hill T — primary (person) - Yager — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-01-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-01-18** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee - **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018 - **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/27/2018 - **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2018 - **2018-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/6/2018 - **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/6/2018 - **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/6/2018 - **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/14/2018 - **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018 - **2018-03-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage` - **2018-03-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0707) - **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018 - **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 - **2018-04-05** Comp. SB subst. - **2018-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-04-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0879) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2018-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2018-04-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-04-09** Requested S. to return. - **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/12/2018 - **2018-04-11** Senate returned. - **2018-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (HA0879) `amendment-passage` - **2018-04-12** Am. reconsidered. - **2018-04-12** Motion to reconsider adopted. - **2018-04-12** Motion to lift from table adopted. - **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018 - **2018-04-18** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0879) `passage` - **2018-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 930 - **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 930 - **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/201cb6ce-9873-47e5-9ae9-eda1bed98314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).