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SB2455 • 2026

Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 45 and Title 47, relative to financial transactions.

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Sponsor
Bailey, Vaughan
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on the consequences if suspicious activity is confirmed after ten days.

Extending Time for Financial Service Providers to Review Suspicious Transactions

This bill changes Tennessee law to extend the period during which financial service providers can refuse or delay non-securities related transactions they suspect might be fraudulent from five business days to ten business days.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes Tennessee law to give financial service providers more time to review suspicious, non-securities related financial transactions.
  • Extends the period for reviewing non-securities related financial transactions from five to ten business days.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Financial service providers in Tennessee
  • Consumers involved in suspicious, non-securities related financial transactions

Terms To Know

Suspicious transaction
A financial activity that a provider thinks might be fraudulent or illegal.
Financial service provider
An organization like a bank, credit union, or other company that handles money transactions for people.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only applies to non-securities related financial transactions in Tennessee.
  • It does not specify what happens if the suspicious activity is confirmed after ten days.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  2. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  4. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  5. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 2384
By Vaughan

SENATE BILL 2455
By Bailey
SB2455
012077
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 45
and Title 47, relative to financial transactions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 45-2-1203(e)(2), is amended by
deleting "Five (5)" and substituting "Ten (10)".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.