---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, reclassifies from preferred service position to executive service position an employee of the department who is a psychiatric hospital assistant superintendent, psychiatric hospital administrator, or psychiatric hospital nurse executive. - Amends TCA Section 8-30-202."
description: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, reclassifies from preferred service position to executive service position an employee of the department who is a psychiatric hospital assistant superintendent, psychiatric hospital administrator, or psychiatric hospital nurse executive. - Amends TCA Section 8-30-202."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2176"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2176 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5938203b-e240-4a74-b042-3a33e46a79be"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2176&GA=111"
source_hash: "cc02caaa5e4cab4248a20ae3c2b69ffb7fb909e1c750eaa1929305c9570273e8"
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 2176 (111) — Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, reclassifies from preferred service position to executive service position an employee of the department who is a psychiatric hospital assistant superintendent, psychiatric hospital administrator, or psychiatric hospital nurse executive. - Amends TCA Section 8-30-202.

## 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/111/Bill/SB2176.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/19/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2020 3/12/2020 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2020 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-25** Action def. in State Committee to 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-03-03** Meeting Canceled. Reset on State Committee cal. for 3/10/20
- **2020-03-04** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 623
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 623

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5938203b-e240-4a74-b042-3a33e46a79be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).