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+type: "Bill"
+title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes doulas as vital birth and community health workers. -"
+description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes doulas as vital birth and community health workers. -"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HJR 4"
+citation: "Tennessee HJR 4 (112)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-12-15"
+last_action: "2021-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/894a3c7e-4740-464f-a400-89e7aa76a723"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0004&GA=112"
+source_hash: "269bd882c633131af62e2d8fe7ca44c77d72fe7412ee70b52c425b500642ae99"
+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 HJR 4 (112) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes doulas as vital birth and community health workers. -
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HJR0004.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT 3/15/2021 Passed — **86–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/23/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lamar — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-15** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-12** Intro., ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-27** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/16/2021
+- **2021-02-16** Meeting Canceled
+- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/23/2021
+- **2021-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2021
+- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
+- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021
+- **2021-03-15** Adopted, Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2021-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
+- **2021-03-18** Received from House, refer to Senate Calendar Committee `introduction`
+- **2021-03-22** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-03-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-03-24** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-03-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2021-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/894a3c7e-4740-464f-a400-89e7aa76a723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+