---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, prohibits a governmental entity that regulates entertainment transportation from refusing to renew a permit to a business that provides such transportation if the entity issued the permit to the business to provide such transportation prior to May 1, 2024, or revoking a permit issued to such a business except for good cause shown in an administrative hearing. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68."
description: "State Government - As enacted, prohibits a governmental entity that regulates entertainment transportation from refusing to renew a permit to a business that provides such transportation if the entity issued the permit to the business to provide such transportation prior to May 1, 2024, or revoking a permit issued to such a business except for good cause shown in an administrative hearing. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2642"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2642 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36af5b25-66a8-4803-81a0-b4716c187b3d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2642&GA=113"
source_hash: "8607af8a9932c6dc93fa39308574ad9c109a263214340425939ff05ce5b11813"
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 2642 (113) — State Government - As enacted, prohibits a governmental entity that regulates entertainment transportation from refusing to renew a permit to a business that provides such transportation if the entity issued the permit to the business to provide such transportation prior to May 1, 2024, or revoking a permit issued to such a business except for good cause shown in an administrative hearing. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0735** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0735.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0806** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0806.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0907** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0907.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2642.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/13/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY HOWELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2024 Passed — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2024 3/21/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2024 Passed (1) — **80–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2024-02-27** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/6/2024
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2024
- **2024-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2024
- **2024-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 4, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0735) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-03-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0806) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0907)
- **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) 05/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 894

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36af5b25-66a8-4803-81a0-b4716c187b3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).