---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, revises provisions governing county health departments. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 2, Part 6."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, revises provisions governing county health departments. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 2, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2409"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2409 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d46dc953-322b-4cbb-8380-1528d0c94ae1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2409&GA=112"
source_hash: "a1c718b718344a5d35b05e589af6071956e8998d15528a25749566c4d743aaf9"
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 2409 (112) — Public Health - As enacted, revises provisions governing county health departments. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 2, Part 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0703** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0703.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0624** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0624.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2409.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **67–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/8/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0624)
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0703) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 786
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 786

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d46dc953-322b-4cbb-8380-1528d0c94ae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).