---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding a litigation financier. - Amends TCA Section 47-16-105 and Section 47-16-109."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding a litigation financier. - Amends TCA Section 47-16-105 and Section 47-16-109."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 366"
citation: "Tennessee HB 366 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynn", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd8031c9-d8d4-4933-8084-94c99f52b04c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0366&GA=110"
source_hash: "bcf5c2afbaf238792c1febfd2e38dee91c8f55e9b3cd7b1cfc8c620117d712f0"
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 366 (110) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding a litigation financier. - Amends TCA Section 47-16-105 and Section 47-16-109.

## 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/HB0366.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/29/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017 4/13/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lynn — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **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 Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 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 s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0230)
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0304) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 212
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 212
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd8031c9-d8d4-4933-8084-94c99f52b04c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).