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Yes: 177 • No: 32
TennesseeSB 1728114th General Assembly (2025-2026)Senate
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54, relative to shopping carts.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
Local Government, General
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Retailers face no local shopping cart rules
Effective upon enactment, Tennessee reserves all shopping cart regulation to the state, excluding county, metropolitan, and city rules. This covers cart purchase, use, taxes, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transport. Local governments and their agencies or officials cannot require businesses to adopt shopping cart policies. They also cannot impose shopping-cart-related fees or fines on businesses. Covered carts include retailer-owned carts, trolleys, baskets, buggies, and similar devices supplied for customers or employees to move merchandise.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Tom Hatcher
Republican • Senate
Reeves
Affiliation unavailable
Paul Rose
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/21/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026
Yes: 69 • No: 17
House vote • 4/21/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026
Yes: 76 • No: 11
Senate vote • 4/9/2026
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2026
Yes: 23 • No: 4
Senate vote • 3/25/2026
SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Bill Text
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
HA1031
Introduced
SA0890
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