---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, clarifies that, except when dealing with an assignment of benefits to a healthcare provider, the rights, duties, or benefits provided by a policy of insurance may be assigned only as expressly provided by the terms of the policy of insurance or as otherwise expressly allowed by the insurer. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-102."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, clarifies that, except when dealing with an assignment of benefits to a healthcare provider, the rights, duties, or benefits provided by a policy of insurance may be assigned only as expressly provided by the terms of the policy of insurance or as otherwise expressly allowed by the insurer. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1376"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1376 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agents", "Brokers", "Insurance Companies", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Gant"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd2d729-0f5f-4909-90a4-d68c26470ca0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1376&GA=112"
source_hash: "81f896514e846a5a1da26ccbc4470fbd7219bfa2d218e327db0362b03c7cd4fe"
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 1376 (112) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, clarifies that, except when dealing with an assignment of benefits to a healthcare provider, the rights, duties, or benefits provided by a policy of insurance may be assigned only as expressly provided by the terms of the policy of insurance or as otherwise expressly allowed by the insurer. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-102.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1376.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/2/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (2) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Gant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-23** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
- **2021-03-11** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-03-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-06** Effective date(s) 03/29/2021
- **2021-04-06** Pub. Ch. 67
- **2021-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 67

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bd2d729-0f5f-4909-90a4-d68c26470ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).