# Tennessee SB 1904: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62, Chapter 19, relative to auctioneers.

Tennessee SB 1904, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62, Chapter 19, relative to auctioneers., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-05 (Effective date(s) 04/27/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1904
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62, Chapter 19, relative to auctioneers.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-05-05, Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: Professions and Occupations
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (38 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Auctioneer license age drops to 16: benefit, high. Tennessee lowers the minimum age for auctioneer license applicants from 18 to 16. Meeting the age requirement alone does not guarantee a license. Other license requirements and fees stay the same. The change took effect immediately when the act became law.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sara Kyle (Democrat), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jessie Seal (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Steve Southerland (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ken Yager (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/19/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | Senate | SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2026-05-05: Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- 2026-05-05: Pub. Ch. 840
- 2026-04-27: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-15: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-04-13: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-02-23: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-02-19: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/19/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/10/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0840.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1904.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1904.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0840.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1904.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1904.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1904-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
