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type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, terminates the Tennessee private investigation and polygraph commission and state board for licensing alarm systems contractors with no wind down period; transfers the commission and board's duties to the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 62, Chapter 11; Title 62, Chapter 26; Title 62, Chapter 27; Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3 and Title 62, Chapter 35."
description: "Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, terminates the Tennessee private investigation and polygraph commission and state board for licensing alarm systems contractors with no wind down period; transfers the commission and board's duties to the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 62, Chapter 11; Title 62, Chapter 26; Title 62, Chapter 27; Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3 and Title 62, Chapter 35."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 781"
citation: "Tennessee HB 781 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce and Insurance", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73160b7a-f473-4365-8f3f-69f904e2f89e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0781&GA=112"
source_hash: "8c364341b6be2d35e7e4ad75c25f72408a1e5620b73daf8cee05656ba1eb59ef"
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 781 (112) — Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, terminates the Tennessee private investigation and polygraph commission and state board for licensing alarm systems contractors with no wind down period; transfers the commission and board's duties to the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 62, Chapter 11; Title 62, Chapter 26; Title 62, Chapter 27; Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3 and Title 62, Chapter 35.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0781.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/3/2021 (7) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (3) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/6/2021 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/9/2021 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 04/30/2021; 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 294
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 294
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73160b7a-f473-4365-8f3f-69f904e2f89e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).