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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62."
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description: "Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "SB 2779"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2779 (112)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "White"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-31"
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last_action: "2022-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53aa077c-3fc6-4d70-a493-3674f4782305"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2779&GA=112"
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source_hash: "4f112a949c532ec182083d5eaf6eb26dfc1d28347f7b6ebd9d39b1e66d3c8939"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 2779 (112) — Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act to advertise a home warranty to consumers in this state, or issue or deliver a home warranty to consumers in this state, without explicitly stating in written detail what items will be covered and fully paid for by the home warranty. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0745.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0682** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0682.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2779.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/16/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eldridge — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
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- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
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- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
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- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-02** Ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
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- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
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- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
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- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
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- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/22/2022
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- **2022-03-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
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- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
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- **2022-03-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2022-03-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0745) `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2022-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
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- **2022-04-06** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2022-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2022-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2022-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0682)
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- **2022-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 843
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- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
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- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 843
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53aa077c-3fc6-4d70-a493-3674f4782305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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