---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, exempts an affiliate of a business licensed under state insurance laws and a person or entity providing certain service contracts, or an affiliate of the person or entity, from requirements governing businesses that make automatic renewal offers or continuous service offers to consumers. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 56."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, exempts an affiliate of a business licensed under state insurance laws and a person or entity providing certain service contracts, or an affiliate of the person or entity, from requirements governing businesses that make automatic renewal offers or continuous service offers to consumers. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 136"
citation: "Tennessee HB 136 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab32d259-c014-4256-b84a-aee011f5524e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0136&GA=113"
source_hash: "b00f1e9f7d045fbfde2752d7951c4af3ff5201d2c6732e6704597881ebaeaa65"
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 136 (113) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, exempts an affiliate of a business licensed under state insurance laws and a person or entity providing certain service contracts, or an affiliate of the person or entity, from requirements governing businesses that make automatic renewal offers or continuous service offers to consumers. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 56.

## 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/113/Bill/HB0136.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/14/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
- **2023-02-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
- **2023-03-28** Pub. Ch. 58

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab32d259-c014-4256-b84a-aee011f5524e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).