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Bill Consumer Protection - As enacted, adds as unlawful under the Consumer Protection Act of 1977 the making of false statements or misrepresentations of fact to a consumer to indicate or imply that the consumer is a party to a civil lawsuit or a defendant in a criminal prosecution in order to induce the consumer to pay for services related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution or to pay costs, fines, penalties, or other assessments related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65. Consumer Protection - As enacted, adds as unlawful under the Consumer Protection Act of 1977 the making of false statements or misrepresentations of fact to a consumer to indicate or imply that the consumer is a party to a civil lawsuit or a defendant in a criminal prosecution in order to induce the consumer to pay for services related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution or to pay costs, fines, penalties, or other assessments related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 816 Tennessee SB 816 (114)
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Tennessee SB 816 (114) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, adds as unlawful under the Consumer Protection Act of 1977 the making of false statements or misrepresentations of fact to a consumer to indicate or imply that the consumer is a party to a civil lawsuit or a defendant in a criminal prosecution in order to induce the consumer to pay for services related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution or to pay costs, fines, penalties, or other assessments related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0185 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0089 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/11/2025 Passed — 80 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — 940 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lowe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-04 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-05 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
  • 2025-03-11 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2025-03-14 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
  • 2025-03-17 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2025-03-17 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0089)
  • 2025-03-17 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2025-03-20 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2025-03-31 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2025-03-31 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0185) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2025-03-31 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2025-04-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-03 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-04-30 Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
  • 2025-04-30 Pub. Ch. 177

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52be34a4-aa80-4002-af00-3083c4f650a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).