Tennessee Senate Bill 1744 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-17 - Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, clarifies that the rebuttable presumption that a person signing an insurance contract or application has read, understands, and accepts the contents of the contract, and the rebuttable presumption that an insured accepts coverage under an insurance contract through the payment of an insurance premium apply in all actions against insurance agents, producers, brokers, administrators, and companies, and the employees and contractors of insurance companies. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-135.

As introduced, clarifies that the rebuttable presumption that a person signing an insurance contract or application has read, understands, and accepts the contents of the contract, and the rebuttable presumption that an insured accepts coverage under an insurance contract through the payment of an insurance premium apply in all actions against insurance agents, producers, brokers, administrators, and companies, and the employees and contractors of insurance companies. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-135.

Sen. Jon Lundberg [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-17	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
2020-03-10	Senate	Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
2020-02-12	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
2020-01-23	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
2020-01-22	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2020-01-21	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1859 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-10 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Property & Casualty Subcommittee of Insurance Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1744&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1744.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/SB1744.pdf