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SB 1728

Tennessee Senate bill in Session 114.

Status: failed. Latest action: April 21, 2026.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54, relative to shopping carts.

Bill ID TN-114-SB-1728
Session 114
Status failed
Committee Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Senate failed 2026-04-21
Business / Commerce Labor / Employment Transportation
Summary

This bill prohibits a fee, fine, or cost from being assessed by a county or municipality against the owner of a shopping cart found on public property unless the shopping cart was removed from the premises or parking area of a retail establishment by the owner of the shopping cart or by an employee acting on the owner's behalf. This bill applies to acts or omissions occurring on or after July 1, 2026. ON APRIL 9, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1728, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, provide that t he general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts, including their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all county or metropolitan government laws, ordinanc es, resolutions, enactments, or regulations. This amendment also prohibits a county or metropolitan government, or any agency, department, or official of a county or metropolitan government, from adopt ing an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation requiring a business to adopt a shopping cart policy of any nature or imposing a fee or fine on a business related to shopping carts .

Sponsor
Ed Jackson
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-12 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-04-21 Status failed
2026-04-21 Latest Action Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 11, PNV 2
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