republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1598.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, exempts certain types of insurance from filing requirements of commercial risk insurers; revises the disclaimer that must be included in an application or policy that is issued to an exempt commercial risk policyholder. - Amends TCA Title 56."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, exempts certain types of insurance from filing requirements of commercial risk insurers; revises the disclaimer that must be included in an application or policy that is issued to an exempt commercial risk policyholder. - Amends TCA Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1598"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1598 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Ketron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c4692f-60a2-459f-96ba-2acfc62de94d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1598&GA=110"
source_hash: "3eccd8dff5ede7f76e1f29f63ee6df2cda3e3b35e1f49169afd6cb02dd4aca59"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 1598 (110) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, exempts certain types of insurance from filing requirements of commercial risk insurers; revises the disclaimer that must be included in an application or policy that is issued to an exempt commercial risk policyholder. - Amends TCA Title 56.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1598.pdf)

## Votes

- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/6/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 2/28/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018 4/18/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/18/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eldridge — primary (person)
- Ketron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0643)
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Taken off notice for cal. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0780) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 996
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 996
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c4692f-60a2-459f-96ba-2acfc62de94d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).