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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 982: Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies that a vehicle protection product warrantor applying for renewal is not required to file a copy of a warranty that has already been registered for use; requires such warrantor to provide written notification of any change to the information contained in the original registration within 30 days of the change; provides that such notification does not require the submission of a new registration application. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 55.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 982 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies that a vehicle protection product warrantor applying for renewal is not required to file a copy of a warranty that has already been registered for use; requires such warrantor to provide written notification of any change to the information contained in the original registration within 30 days of the change; provides that such notification does not require the submission of a new registration application. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 55. Primary sponsor: Steve Southerland (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 4, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve SoutherlandPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/24/2025
  4. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  5. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
  6. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
  7. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
  8. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  9. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source