---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, removes requirement that state-operated medical laboratories and public health laboratory personnel who work at medical laboratories operated by the state be regulated under the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-5001; Section 68-1-901; Title 68, Chapter 12; Title 68, Chapter 29; Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 32."
description: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, removes requirement that state-operated medical laboratories and public health laboratory personnel who work at medical laboratories operated by the state be regulated under the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-5001; Section 68-1-901; Title 68, Chapter 12; Title 68, Chapter 29; Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 32."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2245"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2245 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f7f335e-294b-4339-8ebf-5fb1083f3642"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2245&GA=110"
source_hash: "25bb4d1f46c6e278651f05f642927c8f7e6a847a8ca8d278b9244df4ad112cb4"
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 SB 2245 (110) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, removes requirement that state-operated medical laboratories and public health laboratory personnel who work at medical laboratories operated by the state be regulated under the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-5001; Section 68-1-901; Title 68, Chapter 12; Title 68, Chapter 29; Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 32.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2245.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2018 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2018 PASSED (1) — **94–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Action def. in Health Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-05** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 788
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/20/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 788

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f7f335e-294b-4339-8ebf-5fb1083f3642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).