---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, increases from $10,000 to $30,000 the civil penalty amount per violation that the attorney general and reporter may recover in an action against a person who commits the offense of caller identification spoofing; encourages carriers offering telephone services in this state to adopt certain technologies and measures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, increases from $10,000 to $30,000 the civil penalty amount per violation that the attorney general and reporter may recover in an action against a person who commits the offense of caller identification spoofing; encourages carriers offering telephone services in this state to adopt certain technologies and measures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 754"
citation: "Tennessee SB 754 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25b35457-64d3-4bcc-bce7-157b91459c24"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0754&GA=111"
source_hash: "4975f483f1412ce3c883398f0ae61e8b00f793290186ce1a845c57e01ed98aeb"
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 754 (111) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, increases from $10,000 to $30,000 the civil penalty amount per violation that the attorney general and reporter may recover in an action against a person who commits the offense of caller identification spoofing; encourages carriers offering telephone services in this state to adopt certain technologies and measures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0093** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0093.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0246.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0754.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2019 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 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Consumer Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Consumer Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **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`
- **2019-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0093) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0246)
- **2019-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 217
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 217
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25b35457-64d3-4bcc-bce7-157b91459c24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).