---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, clarifies that payments of fees to a trade or professional association exempt from income tax under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code do not constitute an unfair trade practice in the business of insurance. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 8."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, clarifies that payments of fees to a trade or professional association exempt from income tax under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code do not constitute an unfair trade practice in the business of insurance. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1126 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niceley", "Tillis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b34145d3-7608-4de4-9a55-9ba8847bb096"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1126&GA=111"
source_hash: "9a45db426355c89d2609e7c1e809bb0c4ac3c9f1826d4bc81c582d9dddd3a970"
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 1126 (111) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, clarifies that payments of fees to a trade or professional association exempt from income tax under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code do not constitute an unfair trade practice in the business of insurance. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 8.

## 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/111/Bill/HB1126.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019 3/7/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PROPERTY & CASUALTY SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/5/2019 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Niceley — primary (person)
- Tillis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Property & Casualty Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Property & Casualty Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-08** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 86
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 04/03/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b34145d3-7608-4de4-9a55-9ba8847bb096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).