republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-2161.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, prohibits a person from preparing or issuing a certificate of property or casualty insurance coverage that contains false or misleading information regarding the underlying insurance policy and limits the uses of certificates of insurance. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 56."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, prohibits a person from preparing or issuing a certificate of property or casualty insurance coverage that contains false or misleading information regarding the underlying insurance policy and limits the uses of certificates of insurance. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2161"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2161 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Travis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69778cf7-dc90-4aed-ab07-90c48a5ae345"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2161&GA=111"
source_hash: "8d8ac5fce28e812f4f2c5e2e8d1fa5498df0ac98ec646277bdeee006ad0064bf"
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 2161 (111) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, prohibits a person from preparing or issuing a certificate of property or casualty insurance coverage that contains false or misleading information regarding the underlying insurance policy and limits the uses of certificates of insurance. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 56.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0556.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0537.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB2161.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & CASUALTY SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass if am. by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/18/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2020 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 2/25/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Travis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Property & Casualty Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Property & Casualty Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass. if am., to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0537)
- **2020-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-12** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0556) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 608
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 608
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/20/2020, 07/01/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69778cf7-dc90-4aed-ab07-90c48a5ae345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).