republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-116.md

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Bill	Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, provides that legal service plans entered into by a person and certain intermediary organizations are not considered legal insurance for the purposes of the Tennessee Legal Insurance Act. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 67.	Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, provides that legal service plans entered into by a person and certain intermediary organizations are not considered legal insurance for the purposes of the Tennessee Legal Insurance Act. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 67.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 116	Tennessee SB 116 (112)	bill	Agents Brokers Insurance Companies Policies	enacted	Gant Johnson	1	42	9	2021-01-12	2021-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/befa2747-ff03-4650-8a72-33b4f9946281	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0116&GA=112	7c69c18ee920c0a14f3c224d666c042f450f51bab96cfdc8ed52a61dcea250f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 116 (112) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, provides that legal service plans entered into by a person and certain intermediary organizations are not considered legal insurance for the purposes of the Tennessee Legal Insurance Act. - Amends TCA Title 56 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

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: 3/22/2021 Passed — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/2/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Rcommended for passage, referred to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2021 4/26/2021 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gant — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-13 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-01-14 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2021-02-04 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
• 2021-02-24 Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
• 2021-03-02 Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-02 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-03 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-03 Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-09 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-09 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-09 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-10 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2021-03-17 Placed behind the budget
• 2021-03-18 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
• 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-03-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-03-25 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-19 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-21 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-26 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2021
• 2021-04-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-27 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-27 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-27 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-13 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-19 Effective date(s) 05/13/2021
• 2021-05-19 Pub. Ch. 428
• 2021-05-19 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 428

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/befa2747-ff03-4650-8a72-33b4f9946281. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).