---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises provisions governing commissions under the Tennessee Insurance Producer Licensing Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6 and Title 56, Chapter 8."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises provisions governing commissions under the Tennessee Insurance Producer Licensing Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6 and Title 56, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Tennessee HB 272 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Pody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7196a1e6-cfa2-49d0-8717-3f71904e5ed6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0272&GA=111"
source_hash: "8ec071f2fd88393e470426b6ef6800e4e3295c3d8e5449b65ec8c96482f64f90"
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 272 (111) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises provisions governing commissions under the Tennessee Insurance Producer Licensing Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6 and Title 56, Chapter 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0098.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0173.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0272.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & CASUALTY SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/12/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Property & Casualty Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Property & Casualty Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Action Def. in s/c Property & Casualty Subcommittee to 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Property & Casualty Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0098) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0173)
- **2019-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 165
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/18/2019
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 165

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7196a1e6-cfa2-49d0-8717-3f71904e5ed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).