Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly

Tennessee SB1728: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54, relative to shopping carts.

Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026

Fiscal Summary OTHER FISCAL IMPACT This legislation may result in local foregone revenue, the extent of which cannot be determined with reasonable certainty. Bill 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 the 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, ordinances, 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 adopting 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.