---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a provider of certain services from billing a consumer for an extra billing cycle if the consumer terminates the contract or agreement for services within the first half of a billing cycle; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a provider of certain services from billing a consumer for an extra billing cycle if the consumer terminates the contract or agreement for services within the first half of a billing cycle; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "Tennessee SB 41 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f65d840-2ff5-42e7-b191-a0979fda01db"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0041&ga=114"
source_hash: "c3e1d9ea23be3db60f112cb0167021b453445456902717c1409beacd58ce2cad"
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 41 (114) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a provider of certain services from billing a consumer for an extra billing cycle if the consumer terminates the contract or agreement for services within the first half of a billing cycle; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0041.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2025 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2025 Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 154

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f65d840-2ff5-42e7-b191-a0979fda01db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).