---
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: "SB 2162"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2162 (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/61ce7ec5-871c-49ef-bff6-a8d38f1e33d8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2162&GA=112"
source_hash: "b6ee28570bcee8fd5cd39e9a80f3e9876d4c6657e1c474782d938aeaa4d05112"
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 2162 (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/SB2162.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 1 & 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 4/18/2022 Passed — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/12/2022 Passed — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 PNV 0 3/29/2022 Passed — **5–4** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## 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** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **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 Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Companion House Bill substituted
- **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.
- **2022-04-13** 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** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 997
- **2022-05-09** Effective date(s) 05/04/2022
- **2022-05-09** Pub. Ch. 997

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61ce7ec5-871c-49ef-bff6-a8d38f1e33d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).