republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-804.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	SB 804	Tennessee SB 804 (111)	bill	Consumer Protection	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	3	38	7	2019-02-05	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/62d30607-2904-4ab9-b9c6-d88323f7791d	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0804&GA=111	195e36fd370b15d3c0c24197fc9beb9234916a4904932f81a8d465fd4f6cd850	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 804 (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

• HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2019 (3) — 0–0 (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
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · 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
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 29–0 (pass) · upper

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 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-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 Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-04-04 Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
• 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
• 2019-04-08 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 Companion House Bill substituted
• 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.
• 2019-05-07 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 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 459
• 2019-05-29 Pub. Ch. 459
• 2019-05-29 Effective date(s) 09/30/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62d30607-2904-4ab9-b9c6-d88323f7791d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).