---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Illness - As enacted, enacts the \"Mental Health Treatment Act of 2022.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Mental Illness - As enacted, enacts the \"Mental Health Treatment Act of 2022.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2806"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2806 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 59
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6474444-068c-4952-b16a-974c94bb769c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2806&GA=112"
source_hash: "1cc9f0b2fcb6d08458bbe8ab78941113a29a9d0b889e38d7132a0d24eb011509"
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 2806 (112) — Mental Illness - As enacted, enacts the "Mental Health Treatment Act of 2022." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0575** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0575.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0647** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0647.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2806.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/22/2022 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/2/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/27/2022 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/28/2022
- **2022-04-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0575) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0647)
- **2022-04-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-05-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1071
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/25/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1071

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6474444-068c-4952-b16a-974c94bb769c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).