---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, enacts the \"Healthcare Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 56."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, enacts the \"Healthcare Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1163 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70951e2a-ee74-43b8-8bbb-9b9b8cefaa4a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1163&GA=113"
source_hash: "bb405c9a94cffdddeb73ad4b2d09112762c33ac1e03af65b59d9e0a82e2e2993"
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 HB 1163 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Healthcare Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act." - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 56.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0125.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0295** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0295.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1163.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2023 3/16/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/7/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2023 Passed (1) — **76–17** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/15/2024 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-01** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2023
- **2023-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 17, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0125) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0295)
- **2024-02-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
- **2024-03-15** Pub. Ch. 526

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70951e2a-ee74-43b8-8bbb-9b9b8cefaa4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).