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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1085
                                      SENATE BILL NO. 1728
                               By Jackson, Hatcher, Rose, Reeves
                                Substituted for: House Bill No. 1514
                                           By McCalmon
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54, relative to
     shopping carts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
         SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
               (a) The general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts,
       including, but not limited to, 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. A county or metropolitan government, or
       any agency, department, or official of a county or metropolitan government, shall not adopt
       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.
                (b) As used in this section, "shopping cart" means a cart, trolley, basket, buggy, or
       other similar device supplied and owned by a retailer for use by customers and employees
       for the transport of merchandise.
         SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
                (a) The general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts,
       including, but not limited to, their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale,
       storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all municipal government laws, ordinances,
       resolutions, enactments, or regulations. A municipal government, or any agency, department,
       or official of a municipal government, shall not adopt 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.
                (b) As used in this section, "shopping cart" means a cart, trolley, basket, buggy, or
       other similar device supplied and owned by a retailer for use by customers and employees
       for the transport of merchandise.
       SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                 SENATE BILL NO.  1728
PASSED:  April 21, 2026
                                                     RANDY llcNALLY
                                              SPEAKER OF THE\sENA TE
                                        CAMERON S-EXTON, SPEAKER
                                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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APPROVED this   ;z:l;    day of   (V\c:t.,..,..A        2026
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                ~fu -   BILL LEE, GOVERNOR