---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies certain services provided by a motor vehicle manufacturer under a service contract that are not considered to be insurance. - Amends TCA Section 56-2-126."
description: "Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies certain services provided by a motor vehicle manufacturer under a service contract that are not considered to be insurance. - Amends TCA Section 56-2-126."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "Tennessee SB 545 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Ketron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7bc0095-790c-4b4d-b7f8-bc4e3e273d80"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0545&GA=110"
source_hash: "64729ffee0ff780cf42b2e0976a73b3d2bdd110c2eb130269bcc96000da6ebe1"
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 545 (110) — Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies certain services provided by a motor vehicle manufacturer under a service contract that are not considered to be insurance. - Amends TCA Section 56-2-126.

## 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/SB0545.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/7/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2017 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eldridge — primary (person)
- Ketron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0084)
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0084) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-23** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-11** Pub. Ch. 90
- **2017-04-11** Effective date(s) 04/04/2017
- **2017-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 90

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7bc0095-790c-4b4d-b7f8-bc4e3e273d80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).