---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Right to Shop Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Right to Shop Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 510"
citation: "Tennessee SB 510 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts", "Smith"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fd9e21b-a148-4342-910f-5d0300cb5b9d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0510&GA=111"
source_hash: "5239d53e699d72ae01e9a3c095845934175f83bf5cd705823923e3cbaa50ea99"
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 510 (111) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Right to Shop Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0157.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0229.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0289.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0159.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0314.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0510.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/27/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/2/2019 Passed — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/2/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/24/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0314)
- **2019-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0159)
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Conference Committee appointed. (Roberts, Akbari, Bailey)
- **2019-04-30** Conf. comm. appointed (Smith, C. Sexton, Daniel)
- **2019-04-30** H. refused to recede from am. no. 1&3
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Message Calendar 3 for 4/30/19
- **2019-04-30** Senate refused to concur in House Amendments #1 and #3.
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0289) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0229) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0157) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-01** Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-02** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 78, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** Pub. Ch. 407
- **2019-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2019; 01/01/2020
- **2019-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 407

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fd9e21b-a148-4342-910f-5d0300cb5b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).