---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a chancery court that has found that a person engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980 to appoint the commissioner as the receiver or conservator for the defendant upon request by the commissioner; makes other changes related to matters regulated by the department. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 1."
description: "Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a chancery court that has found that a person engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980 to appoint the commissioner as the receiver or conservator for the defendant upon request by the commissioner; makes other changes related to matters regulated by the department. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2529"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2529 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce and Insurance", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14b6c099-3cf7-46fe-98fb-8a400faa4e35"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2529&ga=114"
source_hash: "a655a0583c77b2fab6bd340f979a400dc4791bc1387af14c239f1ec11cb20527"
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 2529 (114) — Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a chancery court that has found that a person engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980 to appoint the commissioner as the receiver or conservator for the defendant upon request by the commissioner; makes other changes related to matters regulated by the department. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2529.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/11/2026 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2026 Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 3/19/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-23** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2026-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 920

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14b6c099-3cf7-46fe-98fb-8a400faa4e35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).