---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits persons from selling, offering for sale, or offering a free sample of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47."
description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits persons from selling, offering for sale, or offering a free sample of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 512"
citation: "Tennessee SB 512 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fe95b2a-7d2f-4101-80d1-698dfee89db2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0512&ga=114"
source_hash: "381fba023088f90abee3f9d57d1b6a2cf46a869fde7aa2830cc6c06e35e2b228"
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 512 (114) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits persons from selling, offering for sale, or offering a free sample of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47.

## 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/SB0512.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-03** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Effective date(s) 07/1/2025
- **2025-03-21** Pub. Ch. 20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fe95b2a-7d2f-4101-80d1-698dfee89db2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).