---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As enacted, authorizes direct payments to be made to a business entity solely owned by a broker, affiliate broker, or other licensee licensed by the real estate commission formed for the purpose of receiving compensation for the broker, affiliate broker, or other licensee. - Amends TCA Title 48; Title 62 and Title 66."
description: "Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As enacted, authorizes direct payments to be made to a business entity solely owned by a broker, affiliate broker, or other licensee licensed by the real estate commission formed for the purpose of receiving compensation for the broker, affiliate broker, or other licensee. - Amends TCA Title 48; Title 62 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 569"
citation: "Tennessee SB 569 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Estate Agents and Brokers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/730a8e6b-4468-45c4-bdc2-119c60332733"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0569&GA=112"
source_hash: "482e94ca6e652de101bef8d3701fe224fb57bf3ffee2cf6fbf5ad22b74f4a87d"
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 569 (112) — Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As enacted, authorizes direct payments to be made to a business entity solely owned by a broker, affiliate broker, or other licensee licensed by the real estate commission formed for the purpose of receiving compensation for the broker, affiliate broker, or other licensee. - Amends TCA Title 48; Title 62 and Title 66.

## 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/SB0569.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/16/2021
- **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** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 94
- **2021-04-12** Effective date(s) 04/07/2021
- **2021-04-12** Pub. Ch. 94

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/730a8e6b-4468-45c4-bdc2-119c60332733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).