---
type: "Bill"
title: "Birth Control - As enacted, enacts the \"Long-Acting Birth Control Information Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Birth Control - As enacted, enacts the \"Long-Acting Birth Control Information Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 883"
citation: "Tennessee SB 883 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Birth Control"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e58cc23-17ec-4d5a-8f60-b9b3a8be56f4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0883&GA=110"
source_hash: "428ba84ad90c3ee1f3550d08e30d78fd85e99d3e3d2d1a7ef08319a58eaaea56"
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 883 (110) — Birth Control - As enacted, enacts the "Long-Acting Birth Control Information Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## 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/SB0883.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stewart — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Reset on Final cal. of Health Subcommittee
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-10** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to 2018
- **2017-04-11** Reset on Final cal. of Health Committee
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0559) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0558) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-01-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-02-26** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 4 - SA0617)
- **2018-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0616)
- **2018-02-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0565)
- **2018-02-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0564)
- **2018-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Reset on cal. for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-19** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-22** H. concurred in S. am. no. 3 and 4 Ayes 78, Nays 13 PNV 2 HB1320
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 686
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 686
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e58cc23-17ec-4d5a-8f60-b9b3a8be56f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).