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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1029
HOUSE BILL NO. 2408
By Representatives Baum, Wright, Love, Renea Jones, Camper, Hawk, Cepicky,
McCalmon, Powell, Moody, Miller, Terry, Reneau, Crawford, White, Lamberth
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 2659
By Senators White, Haile, Massey, Pody, Powers, Reeves
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 65 and Title
67, relative to communications over a telephone.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 65, Chapter 4, Part 4, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
65-4-411.
(a)
(1) A person or entity that makes telephone solicitations using an
automated telephone dialing system to deliver artificial or prerecorded voice
messages to residential subscribers in this state shall maintain a record of the
number of such telephone solicitations made each month.
(2) Beginning October 1, 2026, a person or entity that makes no less than
five hundred (500) telephone solicitations per month, as described in subdivision
(a){1), shall provide copies of the records required by subdivision (a)(1) to the
commission no less than once every six (6) months.
(3) In addition to the requirement of subdivision (a)(2), a person or entity
described in subdivision (a)(2) shall provide copies of the records required by
subdivision (a)(1) upon request by the commission or the attorney general and
reporter.
(4) A person or entity that fails to comply with subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or
(a)(3) is subject to the penalties provided in this part.
(b) Notwithstanding this part or another law to the contrary, a person or entity
shall not make more than ten thousand (10,000) telephone solicitations per month using
an automated telephone dialing system to deliver artificial or prerecorded voice
messages to residential subscribers in this state.
(c)
(1) A violation of subsection (b) is an unfair or deceptive act or practice
affecting trade or commerce for purposes of the Tennessee Consumer Protection
Act of 1977, compiled in title 47, chapter 18, part 1, and is subject to the
penalties and remedies provided in that act, in addition to the penalties provided
in this part.
(2) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a court that finds that a
person or entity violated subsection (b) shall impose a civil penalty of no less
than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-18-104(b), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:
() Violating § 65-4-411 (b).
HB2408
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to conduct occurring on or after that date.
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HOUSE BILL NO. 2408
PASSED: April 21, 2026
CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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