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TN HB0459

Bill

Status

Passed

4/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Greg Martin

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Origin

House of Representatives

114th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Adds two new grounds for administrative dissolution or revocation of registration for business entities (cooperatives, corporations, LLCs, and limited partnerships) filing documents with the Tennessee Secretary of State

  • Authorizes dissolution/revocation when an entity representative knowingly signs and files a document containing materially false information

  • Prohibits entities owned or controlled by foreign adversaries (as designated by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under 15 CFR 791.4(a)) from operating in Tennessee

  • Exempts entities whose transactions have been approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) from the foreign adversary restriction

  • Applies uniformly to domestic and foreign corporations, LLCs, cooperatives, and limited partnerships registered in the state; took effect upon becoming law (approved April 3, 2025)

Legislative Description

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, Chapter 38; Title 48, Chapter 24; Title 48, Chapter 245; Title 48, Chapter 246; Title 48, Chapter 249; Title 48, Chapter 25; Title 48, Chapter 64; Title 48, Chapter 65 and Title 61, Chapter 3, relative to entities filing documents with the secretary of state.

Secretary of State

Last Action

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 113

4/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Calendar and Rules3/12/2025
Commerce2/19/2025
Business and Utilities Subcommittee2/12/2025
Commerce2/5/2025

Full Bill Text

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