---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, authorizes a small business that believes an online search engine has blacklisted the small business to contact the online search engine and request a response concerning the action; authorizes a small business affected by an online search engine's failure to comply with the response requirement to bring a civil action. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 47 and Title 65."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, authorizes a small business that believes an online search engine has blacklisted the small business to contact the online search engine and request a response concerning the action; authorizes a small business affected by an online search engine's failure to comply with the response requirement to bring a civil action. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 47 and Title 65."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2262"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2262 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d62540f6-4bb1-4d79-9a73-9a1d091a3750"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2262&ga=114"
source_hash: "ecf8d6cefed2f3978b744fc129f0447cc36ab74b627a51151cb9768aa03d27de"
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 2262 (114) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, authorizes a small business that believes an online search engine has blacklisted the small business to contact the online search engine and request a response concerning the action; authorizes a small business affected by an online search engine's failure to comply with the response requirement to bring a civil action. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 47 and Title 65.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0957** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0957.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2262.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2026 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **89–5** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 5, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0957) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-07** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0957) `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-04** Pub. Ch. 858

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d62540f6-4bb1-4d79-9a73-9a1d091a3750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).