---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, authorizes categorizing certain foreign multiple employer welfare arrangements as domestic multiple employer welfare arrangements if specific conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 26."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, authorizes categorizing certain foreign multiple employer welfare arrangements as domestic multiple employer welfare arrangements if specific conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 26."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Tennessee SB 286 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agents", "Brokers", "Insurance Companies", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/252584f1-83a7-4b5a-b010-999aa19bf168"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0286&ga=114"
source_hash: "b813fbd0c8c48aa4bfa7171f80a3d25db6709a4fc12087e2b398d705fca16a5f"
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 286 (114) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, authorizes categorizing certain foreign multiple employer welfare arrangements as domestic multiple employer welfare arrangements if specific conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 26.

## 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/SB0286.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/3/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, Refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2025 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/3/2025
- **2025-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 161

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/252584f1-83a7-4b5a-b010-999aa19bf168`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).