---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes an unfair or deceptive act or practice certain legal advertisements for claims related to medical devices and pharmaceuticals, and the unauthorized use or distribution of protected health information; creates penalties for violations; authorizes attorney general to enforce the provisions of the act. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 23 and Title 47, Chapter 18."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes an unfair or deceptive act or practice certain legal advertisements for claims related to medical devices and pharmaceuticals, and the unauthorized use or distribution of protected health information; creates penalties for violations; authorizes attorney general to enforce the provisions of the act. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 23 and Title 47, Chapter 18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 352"
citation: "Tennessee SB 352 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/456b1402-9385-402b-9efa-2da8664b5b28"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0352&GA=111"
source_hash: "3b4509c883045d43634454ece15e37d95266d849054e0c6028761d03d38cb821"
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 352 (111) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes an unfair or deceptive act or practice certain legal advertisements for claims related to medical devices and pharmaceuticals, and the unauthorized use or distribution of protected health information; creates penalties for violations; authorizes attorney general to enforce the provisions of the act. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 23 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0076** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0076.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0352.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CONSUMER SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/6/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/25/2019 Passed — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2019 Passed (1) — **85–6** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2019 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Consumer Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Consumer Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 6, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0076) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 2 (Amendment 1 - HA0076) `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 119
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 119

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/456b1402-9385-402b-9efa-2da8664b5b28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).