Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, prohibits a dental benefit plan from containing restrictions on methods of payment from the dental benefit plan or its vendors to the dentist in which the only acceptable payment method is a credit card payment; makes other changes to dental benefit plans. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 30, 2023
Signed Mar 25, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House Mar 7, 2024
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
12
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Mar 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0549)
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0550)
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
upper
Mar 20, 2023
Committee
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2023
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2023
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
upper
Feb 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
upper
Jan 30, 2023
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shane Reeves
RRepublican
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