republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-589.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, allows a homeowner to cancel a contract for alarm services for a period longer than two years by giving 30 days' written notice to the alarm systems contractor after the initial two years if the homeowner has to sell the real property due to medical reasons; requires a homeowner to provide the alarm systems contractor with a letter from the homeowner's treating physician verifying the medical reasons that compel the homeowner to sell the property and seek cancellation of the alarm system service contract. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, allows a homeowner to cancel a contract for alarm services for a period longer than two years by giving 30 days' written notice to the alarm systems contractor after the initial two years if the homeowner has to sell the real property due to medical reasons; requires a homeowner to provide the alarm systems contractor with a letter from the homeowner's treating physician verifying the medical reasons that compel the homeowner to sell the property and seek cancellation of the alarm system service contract. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 589"
citation: "Tennessee SB 589 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc86c444-11e5-4d3e-9a00-5bb92e69cfdb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0589&GA=110"
source_hash: "92db76af5a7efb5e88eb3fc82363d949e9b1f76656b27c009ab54dfdee40e3b4"
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 589 (110) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, allows a homeowner to cancel a contract for alarm services for a period longer than two years by giving 30 days' written notice to the alarm systems contractor after the initial two years if the homeowner has to sell the real property due to medical reasons; requires a homeowner to provide the alarm systems contractor with a letter from the homeowner's treating physician verifying the medical reasons that compel the homeowner to sell the property and seek cancellation of the alarm system service contract. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3.

## 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/SB0589.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jernigan — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0163) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0273)
- **2017-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 209
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 209
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 01/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc86c444-11e5-4d3e-9a00-5bb92e69cfdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).