Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, authorizes categorizing certain foreign multiple employer welfare arrangements as domestic multiple employer welfare arrangements if specific conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 26.
HB 329 allows certain bank-run health insurance arrangements (called "multiple employer welfare arrangements" or MEWAs) operating across state lines to be treated as domestic Tennessee arrangements if they meet specific conditions. It affects bank-based MEWAs that are licensed in a neighboring state, serve no more than 2,500 Tennessee employees, and comply with regulatory oversight similar to Tennessee standards. Key provisions require these arrangements to be exclusively for banks, avoid health-based enrollment restrictions, and obtain approval from Tennessee's insurance commissioner. The bill aims to simplify regulatory compliance for these arrangements while ensuring they meet solvency and oversight standards. This change took effect after becoming law in May 2025 (Public Chapter 161).
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2025
Last action May 2, 2025
Floor votes · House Mar 31, 2025
How they voted
98–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 100
Mar 31, 2025
D
Democratic22
100% Yea
R
Republican78
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
13
Committee
15
Mar 31, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-2)
house
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/25/2025
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/10/2025
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/26/2025
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 2/19/2025
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee - Government Operations for Review
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brock Martin
RRepublican
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