---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tickets, Admission - As enacted, requires a ticket reseller using a tentative ticket policy to make certain disclosures during a resale transaction of tickets that are not owned or possessed by the reseller, under a contract for transfer to the reseller, in the reseller's possession at time of sale; requires the reseller to provide a refund if unsuccessful in securing the tickets; deems a violation to be a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47."
description: "Tickets, Admission - As enacted, requires a ticket reseller using a tentative ticket policy to make certain disclosures during a resale transaction of tickets that are not owned or possessed by the reseller, under a contract for transfer to the reseller, in the reseller's possession at time of sale; requires the reseller to provide a refund if unsuccessful in securing the tickets; deems a violation to be a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1176"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1176 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tickets", "Admission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Garrett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67114fc7-971e-4391-abce-845f13a1c1d6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1176&GA=111"
source_hash: "f2c37a7d7ed3fe7c0f6cc7a6ed976b21a413da36eac8e064a46cf230fcfa8d45"
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 1176 (111) — Tickets, Admission - As enacted, requires a ticket reseller using a tentative ticket policy to make certain disclosures during a resale transaction of tickets that are not owned or possessed by the reseller, under a contract for transfer to the reseller, in the reseller's possession at time of sale; requires the reseller to provide a refund if unsuccessful in securing the tickets; deems a violation to be a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0094** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0094.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0121.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1176.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CONSUMER SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/13/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/12/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Consumer Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Consumer Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Consumer Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Consumer Subcommittee to 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0121)
- **2019-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0094) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 127
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/09/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 127

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67114fc7-971e-4391-abce-845f13a1c1d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).