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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 177
SENATE BILL NO. 816
By Lowe
Substituted for: House Bill No. 922
By Bricken, Lynn
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65, relative to
consumer protection.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-18-104(b), is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision:
( ) Making false statements or misrepresentations of fact to a consumer to indicate or
imply that the consumer is a party to a civil lawsuit or a defendant in a criminal prosecution in
order to induce the consumer to pay for services related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution
or to pay costs, fines, penalties, or other assessments related to the purported lawsuit or
prosecution.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to acts occurring on or after the effective date of this act.
SENATE BILL NO. 816
PASSED: March 31, 2025
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMERON StXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
/1pn I APPROVED this 11\;l day of 2025
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