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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes licensed health care facilities to establish policies pursuant to which a suitable number of persons may be employed or commissioned, or both, as police officers, public safety officers, and security officers by the facility; enacts other related provisions; authorizes a local governmental entity to contract with an entity working on the megasite of West Tennessee for the provision of security services at the megasite. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
+description: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes licensed health care facilities to establish policies pursuant to which a suitable number of persons may be employed or commissioned, or both, as police officers, public safety officers, and security officers by the facility; enacts other related provisions; authorizes a local governmental entity to contract with an entity working on the megasite of West Tennessee for the provision of security services at the megasite. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HB 2649"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2649 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Watson", "Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-01-31"
+last_action: "2022-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b580054d-a741-4955-a747-59806f3bf499"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2649&GA=112"
+source_hash: "84df216e98bbe35b54952d9df1ff65f50c3bf5254e33b1b1a7490f80cdd842d3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 2649 (112) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes licensed health care facilities to establish policies pursuant to which a suitable number of persons may be employed or commissioned, or both, as police officers, public safety officers, and security officers by the facility; enacts other related provisions; authorizes a local governmental entity to contract with an entity working on the megasite of West Tennessee for the provision of security services at the megasite. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment SA0829** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0829.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0867** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0867.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2649.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 1 & 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 PNV 0 3/29/2022 Passed (2) — **5–4** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — **22–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-02-03** P1C.
+- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
+- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
+- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
+- **2022-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 PNV 0
+- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
+- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
+- **2022-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2022
+- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 22, Nays 10 `passage`
+- **2022-04-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0867)
+- **2022-04-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0829)
+- **2022-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4/18/22
+- **2022-04-18** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 & 2 Ayes 93, Nays 1 PNV 0 HB2649
+- **2022-04-19** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-09** Effective date(s) 05/04/2022
+- **2022-05-09** Pub. Ch. 997
+- **2022-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 997
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b580054d-a741-4955-a747-59806f3bf499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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