---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires an individual who fails to pass the examination required for an insurance producer license to wait at least 10 days before reapplying to take the examination a second time, and 30 days before reapplying to take the examination for any subsequent attempt. - Amends TCA Title 56."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires an individual who fails to pass the examination required for an insurance producer license to wait at least 10 days before reapplying to take the examination a second time, and 30 days before reapplying to take the examination for any subsequent attempt. - Amends TCA Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2530"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2530 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kane", "Ketron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec56962-da7c-48e2-9b34-5f39a1448d54"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2530&GA=110"
source_hash: "c43c85009b77fdbf2edf370efcfe2b7e5aab2318692d7ff0db1fa0a563ee3235"
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 2530 (110) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires an individual who fails to pass the examination required for an insurance producer license to wait at least 10 days before reapplying to take the examination a second time, and 30 days before reapplying to take the examination for any subsequent attempt. - Amends TCA Title 56.

## 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/SB2530.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2018 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kane — primary (person)
- Ketron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-06** Pub. Ch. 639
- **2018-04-06** Effective date(s) 04/02/2018
- **2018-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 639

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ec56962-da7c-48e2-9b34-5f39a1448d54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).