---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, makes revisions to the Tennessee Right to Shop Act. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, makes revisions to the Tennessee Right to Shop Act. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1213"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1213 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agents", "Brokers", "Insurance Companies", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sexton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5023a77d-aff8-4168-a34b-108c145c06fc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1213&GA=113"
source_hash: "b10c498cf87a7a7bf7a88582e9e53b63a0c0f437056973f9cc1dd929c2baeb97"
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 HB 1213 (113) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, makes revisions to the Tennessee Right to Shop Act. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0047** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0047.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0107** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0107.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1213.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/21/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023 3/2/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sexton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
- **2023-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-03-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0047) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0107)
- **2023-03-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-31** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 244

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5023a77d-aff8-4168-a34b-108c145c06fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).