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type: "Bill"
title: "Tickets, Admission - As enacted, adds as an act that constitutes the offense of engaging in a deceptive business practice, a violation of the Tennessee Trade Mark Act, and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act the use of the trade name or trademark, or a confusingly similar trade name or trademark of any place of entertainment, or the name of any event, person, or entity scheduled to perform at a place of entertainment in the domain or subdomain of a ticket marketplace URL. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 67."
description: "Tickets, Admission - As enacted, adds as an act that constitutes the offense of engaging in a deceptive business practice, a violation of the Tennessee Trade Mark Act, and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act the use of the trade name or trademark, or a confusingly similar trade name or trademark of any place of entertainment, or the name of any event, person, or entity scheduled to perform at a place of entertainment in the domain or subdomain of a ticket marketplace URL. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2139"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2139 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tickets", "Admission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill T", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201cb6ce-9873-47e5-9ae9-eda1bed98314"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2139&GA=110"
source_hash: "849ea7b619725f8b881929c2a5249e09a88022452586e30b15a88fef22d5d142"
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 2139 (110) — Tickets, Admission - As enacted, adds as an act that constitutes the offense of engaging in a deceptive business practice, a violation of the Tennessee Trade Mark Act, and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act the use of the trade name or trademark, or a confusingly similar trade name or trademark of any place of entertainment, or the name of any event, person, or entity scheduled to perform at a place of entertainment in the domain or subdomain of a ticket marketplace URL. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 67.
## 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/HB2139.pdf)
## Votes
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/6/2018 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2018 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 3/29/2018 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hill T — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0707)
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0879) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-09** Requested S. to return.
- **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Senate returned.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (HA0879) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Am. reconsidered.
- **2018-04-12** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2018-04-12** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0879) `passage`
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 930
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 930
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/201cb6ce-9873-47e5-9ae9-eda1bed98314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).