---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a consumer report agency from charging a Tennessee consumer to place, temporarily lift, or permanently remove a security freeze and removes all such fees authorized by state law. - Amends TCA Title 47."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a consumer report agency from charging a Tennessee consumer to place, temporarily lift, or permanently remove a security freeze and removes all such fees authorized by state law. - Amends TCA Title 47."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2470"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2470 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitts", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0c88863-6405-46a0-a45c-27ff7f82a13c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2470&GA=110"
source_hash: "c8d62540b2ca1292b6198a8904a4efc07236b7b76cd0b9628dfa0ff8a1004eef"
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 2470 (110) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a consumer report agency from charging a Tennessee consumer to place, temporarily lift, or permanently remove a security freeze and removes all such fees authorized by state law. - Amends TCA Title 47.

## 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/SB2470.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/27/2018 Passed (1) — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pitts — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0708) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0641)
- **2018-03-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 595
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 595
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0c88863-6405-46a0-a45c-27ff7f82a13c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).