TN HB2798 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-06 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-06 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, prohibits a person selling or offering for sale goods or services at retail, and who employs at least six employees, from requiring a buyer to pay using credit for in-person transactions; requires a person selling or offering for sale goods or services at retail to accept legal tender when offered by the buyer as payment; violations treated as a prohibited practice under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 47, Chapter 18.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9 and Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to payments by consumers.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-06 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Failed in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/5/2024 |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/5/2024 |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/27/2024 |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee |
| 2024-02-14 | House | Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/20/2024 |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-05 | House | P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB2615 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-12 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
