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SB0947 • 2026

Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 25, Part 11, relative to personal rights.

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Sponsor
Powers, Vaughan
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on how the change affects existing entities or what specific protections choral groups will receive.

Changing Definition for Consumer Protection

This bill changes the definition of 'definable group' in Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act to include choral groups instead of glee clubs.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the definition of 'definable group' in a specific law.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People and organizations involved with choral groups
  • Entities previously covered by the term 'glee club'

Terms To Know

definable group
A specific category of people or organizations protected under a law.
Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act
A Tennessee law that protects personal rights related to likeness, voice, and image.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the change will affect existing glee clubs.
  • It is unclear what specific protections choral groups will now receive under this act.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    No Action Taken

  2. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/8/2026

  3. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Commerce Committee to 4/8/2026

  4. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/1/2026

  5. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Commerce Committee to 4/1/2026

  6. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/25/2026

  7. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Commerce Committee

  8. 2026-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/4/2026

  9. 2026-01-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Meeting Canceled

  10. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 1/28/2026

  11. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Commerce Committee to Second Calendar of 2026

  12. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/2/2025

  13. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee

  14. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  15. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee

  16. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Commerce Committee

  17. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  18. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  19. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  20. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  21. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  22. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 905
By Vaughan

SENATE BILL 947
By Powers

SB0947
003090
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47,
Chapter 25, Part 11, relative to personal rights.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-25-1102(1), is amended by
deleting "glee club" and substituting "choral group".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.