republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2779.md

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Bill	Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.	Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2779	Tennessee SB 2779 (112)	bill	Consumer Protection	enacted	Eldridge White	3	38	6	2022-01-31	2022-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/53aa077c-3fc6-4d70-a493-3674f4782305	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2779&GA=112	4f112a949c532ec182083d5eaf6eb26dfc1d28347f7b6ebd9d39b1e66d3c8939	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2779 (112) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0745 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0682 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/16/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Eldridge — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-03 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-03 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-02 Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-09 Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-15 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-16 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
• 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
• 2022-03-28 Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2022-03-28 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0745) amendment-passage
• 2022-03-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-29 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-03-30 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
• 2022-04-06 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-04-06 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-04-06 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-04-06 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0682)
• 2022-04-06 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-04-11 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-04-12 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-04-12 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-04-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 843
• 2022-04-25 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-04-25 Pub. Ch. 843

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53aa077c-3fc6-4d70-a493-3674f4782305. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).