republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-2408.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications - As enacted, requires a person or entity that makes telephone solicitations using an automated telephone dialing system to delivery artificial or prerecorded voice messages to residential subscribers in this state to maintain a record of the number of such telephone solicitations made each month; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 65 and Title 67."
description: "Telecommunications - As enacted, requires a person or entity that makes telephone solicitations using an automated telephone dialing system to delivery artificial or prerecorded voice messages to residential subscribers in this state to maintain a record of the number of such telephone solicitations made each month; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 65 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2408"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2408 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d9f61cd-6283-4da1-8444-84bad552cc15"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2408&ga=114"
source_hash: "27d75296d2c98cd5c812b0e01cf06f052cc3a324ea9bfc93ad389b87d4b32e98"
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 2408 (114) — Telecommunications - As enacted, requires a person or entity that makes telephone solicitations using an automated telephone dialing system to delivery artificial or prerecorded voice messages to residential subscribers in this state to maintain a record of the number of such telephone solicitations made each month; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 65 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0854** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0854.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0659** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0659.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2408.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 4/2/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2026 Passed (3) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (5) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/25/2026 Passed (4) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-24** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Ref. to Commerce Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0854) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0659)
- **2026-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1029

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d9f61cd-6283-4da1-8444-84bad552cc15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).