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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows an insurance producer to charge fees for services relating to an individual's purchase of an individual major medical policy if the insurance producer is not receiving commission from an insurer and if the fees are based upon a qualified written agreement. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows an insurance producer to charge fees for services relating to an individual's purchase of an individual major medical policy if the insurance producer is not receiving commission from an insurer and if the fees are based upon a qualified written agreement. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 561"
citation: "Tennessee SB 561 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Travis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77e58f58-749e-43d4-82cf-d4c5319b41ad"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0561&GA=110"
source_hash: "62aa03cb298d1ed67faffb7c13ca8b17d97e84c87c671747afabf5a90f4dcd33"
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 SB 561 (110) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows an insurance producer to charge fees for services relating to an individual's purchase of an individual major medical policy if the insurance producer is not receiving commission from an insurer and if the fees are based upon a qualified written agreement. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6.
## 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/SB0561.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2017 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/13/2017 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ketron — primary (person)
- Travis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 7
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 7
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/22/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77e58f58-749e-43d4-82cf-d4c5319b41ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).