ON MARCH 28, 2024, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2642, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #2 rewrites the bill to, instead, do the following:
(1) Prohibit a governmental entity that regulates entertainment transportation pursuant to the Tennessee Passenger Transportation Services Act from doing the following:
(A) Refusing to renew a permit to a business that provides entertainment transportation if the governmental entity issued the permit to the business to provide entertainment transportation prior to the effective date of the bill; or
(B) Revoking a permit issued to a business that provides entertainment transportation except for good cause shown in an administrative hearing; and
(2) Define, for purposes of the bill, "good cause" to (i) mean a material violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance, rule, or regulation governing the permit, which may be demonstrated by a knowing failure or refusal to comply with such law, ordinance, rule, or regulation; and (ii) include the disuse or dormancy of a permit for a period of six months or longer prior to the governmental entity taking action to revoke the permit; however, the start date for calculating a six-month period of disuse or dormancy begins on or after the effective date of the bill.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 7-51-1007(b)(1), 7-51-1007
Amended with HA0806 -- 03/28/2024: 7-51-1007(b)(1), 7-51-1007