---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to price gouging. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to price gouging. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2037"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2037 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "McCormick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebf2d506-419f-49ad-b9d5-ae585155b604"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2037&GA=110"
source_hash: "e425e3263a219d773199140b716fa97921f615734600e578b76839b9e442dc01"
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 2037 (110) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to price gouging. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2037.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 2/28/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018 3/15/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- McCormick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0644)
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0806) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 624
- **2018-04-06** Pub. Ch. 624
- **2018-04-06** Effective date(s) 04/02/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebf2d506-419f-49ad-b9d5-ae585155b604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).