Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB1985: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62, Chapter 32, relative to alarm systems contractors.
Status: Chaptered, May 26, 2026
Fiscal Summary STATE GOVERNMENTREVENUEDetection Services Licensing ProgramFY26-27 & Subsequent Years>($21,000) Bill Summary Present law prohibits a person from selling and installing, servicing, monitoring, or responding to alarm signals, signal devices, fire alarms, burglar alarms, television, or still cameras used to detect fire, burglary, breaking or entering, intrusion, shoplifting, pilferage or theft in violation of the Alarm Contractors Licensing Act of 1991. This bill eliminates the prohibition on the sale, installation, service, monitoring, or responding to television or still cameras. ON APRIL 6, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1985, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, add that a managed services provider that (i) provides direct sales, installation, or maintenance service for an IP camera connected to the managed services provider's network; (ii) derives less than 25% of the managed services provider's gross annual revenue from those services; and provides proof of employee vetting satisfactory to the commissioner is specifically excluded from the requirements of the Alarm Contractors Licensing Act. That Act provides uniform procedures and qualifications throughout this state for the certifying, licensing and regulation of alarm systems contractors and to protects the safety and security of persons and property by assuring the competence of individuals or companies offering alarm systems and services to the general public. However, such exemption does not apply to a managed services provider that offers monitoring services. A "managed services provider" is defined as a business entity that manages and maintains a customer's information technology systems. This amendment takes effect upon becoming a law.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Senate Commerce and Labor 1 Amendment No. 1 to SB2291 Bailey Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 2291 House Bill No. 1985* by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-32-305, is amended by adding the following as a new subdivision: (16) (A) A managed services provider that: (i) Provides direct sales, installation, or maintenance service for an IP camera connected to the managed services provider's network; (ii) Derives less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the managed services provider's gross annual revenue from those services; and (iii) Provides proof of employee vetting satisfactory to the commissioner; (B) This subdivision (16) does not apply to a managed services provider that offers monitoring services; and (C) As used in this subdivision (16), "managed services provider" means a business entity that manages and maintains a customer's information technology systems. SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. SA1002