# Tennessee HB 2408: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 65 and Title 67, relative to communications over a telephone. Tennessee HB 2408, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 65 and Title 67, relative to communications over a telephone., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-26 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2408-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 2408 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 65 and Title 67, relative to communications over a telephone. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Last action: 2026-05-26, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 15 - Subjects: Telecommunications - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (163 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Cap and fines on home robocalls: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, no one may make more than 10,000 autodialed, prerecorded solicitation calls to Tennessee homes in a month. Breaking this cap is an unfair or deceptive act under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act. Courts must impose at least a $1,000 civil penalty per violation, in additi… - Robocallers must keep and share records: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, anyone using autodialed, prerecorded solicitation calls to Tennessee homes must keep a monthly call count. Beginning October 1, 2026, if they make 500 or more such calls in a month, they must send those records to the commission at least every six months. The commission or t… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Karen D. Camper (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Crawford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Harold Love, Jr. (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Larry J. Miller (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jason Powell (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House - Cosponsor: White - Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-21 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2026-04-06 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 | pass | 94 | 0 | | | 2026-04-06 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-30 | House | HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-03-25 | House | HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE | pass | 19 | 0 | | | 2026-03-18 | House | HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2026-05-26: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-26: Pub. Ch. 1029 - 2026-05-19: Signed by Governor. - 2026-05-07: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-05-05: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-27: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-04-21: Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0659) (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-04-06: Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-04-06: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-06: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0854) (House) - 2026-04-02: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 (House) - 2026-04-01: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026 (House) - 2026-03-30: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/30/2026 (House) - 2026-03-25: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee (House) - 2026-03-18: Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/25/2026 (House) - 2026-03-18: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee (House) - 2026-03-11: Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/18/2026 (House) - 2026-03-11: Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/18/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/11/2026 (House) - 2026-02-24: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee (House) - 2026-02-24: Ref. to Commerce Committee - Government Operations for Review (House) - 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. (House) - 2026-02-04: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2026-02-03: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0854 (Substitute), 2026-04-06: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0854.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1029.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2659.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2408.pdf) - SA0659: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0659.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2428: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to first responders. (failed) - HB 2381: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68, relative to utilities. (failed) - HB 2309: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to criminal conduct. (failed) - HB 2204: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 38, relative to compensation of law enforcement officers. (failed) - HB 2223: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to fireworks. (failed) - HB 2210: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 58 and Title 67, Chapter 4, relative to disaster response. (failed) ## Sources - [HA0854 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0854.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1029.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2659.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2408.pdf) - [SA0659 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0659.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2428: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to fi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2428-2025-2026) - [HB 2381: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2381-2025-2026) - [HB 2309: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to cr…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2309-2025-2026) - [HB 2204: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 3…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2204-2025-2026) - [HB 2223: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to fireworks.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2223-2025-2026) - [HB 2210: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 58 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2210-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2408-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).