---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, prohibits a dental benefit plan from containing restrictions on methods of payment from the dental benefit plan or its vendors to the dentist in which the only acceptable payment method is a credit card payment; makes other changes to dental benefit plans. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, prohibits a dental benefit plan from containing restrictions on methods of payment from the dental benefit plan or its vendors to the dentist in which the only acceptable payment method is a credit card payment; makes other changes to dental benefit plans. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 677"
citation: "Tennessee SB 677 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agents", "Brokers", "Insurance Companies", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e2daf39-0262-41dd-ad10-37e272946f5f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0677&GA=113"
source_hash: "a0452f1738ce4418a50f7ff3eb638be0f1a530a93b9e9ea8b54814455cbd24a8"
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 677 (113) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, prohibits a dental benefit plan from containing restrictions on methods of payment from the dental benefit plan or its vendors to the dentist in which the only acceptable payment method is a credit card payment; makes other changes to dental benefit plans. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0549** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0549.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0550** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0550.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0677.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2024 Passed — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2024 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/20/2024 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-20** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0550)
- **2024-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0549) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-04-03** Pub. Ch. 589

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e2daf39-0262-41dd-ad10-37e272946f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).