---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires captive insurance companies to pay certain penalties and interest on the late payment of premium taxes; authorizes certain captive insurance companies to apply for and operate under a letter of dormancy; provides for the conversion of protected cells and pure captive insurance companies; revises certain compensation provisions regarding examinations of insurance companies. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 1, Part 4 and Title 56, Chapter 13."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires captive insurance companies to pay certain penalties and interest on the late payment of premium taxes; authorizes certain captive insurance companies to apply for and operate under a letter of dormancy; provides for the conversion of protected cells and pure captive insurance companies; revises certain compensation provisions regarding examinations of insurance companies. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 1, Part 4 and Title 56, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "Tennessee HB 302 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66d093ae-206e-4543-95b5-d56a5cdad696"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0302&GA=110"
source_hash: "6c47934b21cf78663fce86adfa32dc97f35548c1b67753a3f0a474684e402a4d"
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 302 (110) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires captive insurance companies to pay certain penalties and interest on the late payment of premium taxes; authorizes certain captive insurance companies to apply for and operate under a letter of dormancy; provides for the conversion of protected cells and pure captive insurance companies; revises certain compensation provisions regarding examinations of insurance companies. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 1, Part 4 and Title 56, Chapter 13.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0302.pdf)

## Votes

- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/29/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/21/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/19/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 3/15/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/25/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0156)
- **2017-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0135) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 354
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 354
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/11/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66d093ae-206e-4543-95b5-d56a5cdad696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).