republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-948.md

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Bill	Consumer Protection - As enacted, abolishes the division of consumer affairs in the department of commerce and insurance and transfers the responsibilities of the division concerning the consumer protection laws to the attorney general and reporter; authorizes a court to order the parties to engage in pre-trial mediation in the course of any action brought in the name of the state pursuant to the Consumer Protection Act; authorizes the division of consumer affairs in the office of the attorney general and reporter to facilitate communication between a complainant and person identified in a complaint in an effort to encourage mutually agreeable resolutions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 47, Chapter 23 and Title 63.	Consumer Protection - As enacted, abolishes the division of consumer affairs in the department of commerce and insurance and transfers the responsibilities of the division concerning the consumer protection laws to the attorney general and reporter; authorizes a court to order the parties to engage in pre-trial mediation in the course of any action brought in the name of the state pursuant to the Consumer Protection Act; authorizes the division of consumer affairs in the office of the attorney general and reporter to facilitate communication between a complainant and person identified in a complaint in an effort to encourage mutually agreeable resolutions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 47, Chapter 23 and Title 63.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 948	Tennessee HB 948 (111)	bill	Consumer Protection	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	3	38	7	2019-02-05	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/66228645-281d-4a02-b88a-a37ca6e69eb2	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0948&GA=111	82b4ea625ef3a85fd78f6163595c4bb05f2d443b314dad30e898c2d1c860165b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 948 (111) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, abolishes the division of consumer affairs in the department of commerce and insurance and transfers the responsibilities of the division concerning the consumer protection laws to the attorney general and reporter; authorizes a court to order the parties to engage in pre-trial mediation in the course of any action brought in the name of the state pursuant to the Consumer Protection Act; authorizes the division of consumer affairs in the office of the attorney general and reporter to facilitate communication between a complainant and person identified in a complaint in an effort to encourage mutually agreeable resolutions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 47, Chapter 23 and Title 63.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0142 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0242 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CONSUMER SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/20/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed (3) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Consumer Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Consumer Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/25/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-26 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-04 Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0142) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-04 Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-04-04 Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-04-08 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-23 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-30 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0242)
• 2019-04-30 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-30 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-05-07 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-05-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-15 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-29 Pub. Ch. 459
• 2019-05-29 Effective date(s) 09/30/2019
• 2019-05-29 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 459

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66228645-281d-4a02-b88a-a37ca6e69eb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).