---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Financial Exploitation Prevention Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 30; Title 48, Chapter 1 and Title 71, Chapter 6."
description: "Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Financial Exploitation Prevention Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 30; Title 48, Chapter 1 and Title 71, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1267"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1267 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Institutions", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks K", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/616ddf34-b323-4702-bfc5-49e647a4432c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1267&GA=110"
source_hash: "7fcdb4d0efcc7b49b93fbc6ab5d851dbdb8a728a6072427b09e455b4bf7bb2f3"
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 1267 (110) — Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Financial Exploitation Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 30; Title 48, Chapter 1 and Title 71, Chapter 6.

## 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/SB1267.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt AMEND# 1 BY Niceley 2/21/2018 PASSED — **25–7** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks K — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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
- **2017-03-22** 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** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **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`
- **2017-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0294)
- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0305) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 264
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 264

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/616ddf34-b323-4702-bfc5-49e647a4432c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).