---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires an applicant for an insurance producer license for title insurance to complete a pre-licensing course of study that consists of a minimum of 30 hours of course work. - Amends TCA Title 56."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires an applicant for an insurance producer license for title insurance to complete a pre-licensing course of study that consists of a minimum of 30 hours of course work. - Amends TCA Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2281"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2281 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agents", "Brokers", "Insurance Companies", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/360278b9-4400-41bd-97cd-e0d827da779c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2281&GA=113"
source_hash: "b1256215e6b299ce706d697d915a7dcccdf06d61696968b940ff2331f4e52ec8"
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 2281 (113) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires an applicant for an insurance producer license for title insurance to complete a pre-licensing course of study that consists of a minimum of 30 hours of course work. - Amends TCA Title 56.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0628** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0628.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0887** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0887.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2281.pdf)

## Votes

- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/27/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-11** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2024-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0628) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0887)
- **2024-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 890

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/360278b9-4400-41bd-97cd-e0d827da779c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).