---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2779"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2779 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53aa077c-3fc6-4d70-a493-3674f4782305"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2779&GA=112"
source_hash: "4f112a949c532ec182083d5eaf6eb26dfc1d28347f7b6ebd9d39b1e66d3c8939"
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 2779 (112) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0745.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0682** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0682.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2779.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/16/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eldridge — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0745) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0682)
- **2022-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 843
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 843

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53aa077c-3fc6-4d70-a493-3674f4782305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).