Tennessee General Assembly· SB 454Signed by Governor.

Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, clarifies, by removing certain language, that a professional solicitor includes servants or employees specially employed by or for a charitable organization who are engaged in the s, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 169

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 454

                                                             By Hatcher

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 379

                                                              By Stinnett

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 48, Chapter 101, relative to the solicitation of
          charitable funds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 48-101-501(b)(15), is amended by deleting
the comma immediately after the language "for a charitable organization" in the first sentence of the
subdivision.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 48-101-501 (b)(15), is amended by deleting
the language ", or a person who plans, conducts, manages, carries on or advises a charitable
organization in connection with the solicitation of contributions".

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 454

PASSED:  March 31, 2025

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                            SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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