---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, changes prerequisites for emergency detention and admission to a treatment facility from \"immediate\" substantial likelihood of serious harm to \"imminent\" substantial likelihood of serious harm. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 41 and Title 68."
description: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, changes prerequisites for emergency detention and admission to a treatment facility from \"immediate\" substantial likelihood of serious harm to \"imminent\" substantial likelihood of serious harm. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 41 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2901"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2901 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a080780c-11f1-40fe-b251-9ce4d64862c6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2901&GA=113"
source_hash: "c167a0b4c40e2009010592d1bef905dc96c2ce19f179a7b26d81bfdf54c4c2d7"
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 2901 (113) — Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, changes prerequisites for emergency detention and admission to a treatment facility from "immediate" substantial likelihood of serious harm to "imminent" substantial likelihood of serious harm. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 41 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2901.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — **77–6** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 6, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2024-03-25** Motion to lift from the table adopted.
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective date(s) 04/16/2024
- **2024-04-22** Pub. Ch. 725

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a080780c-11f1-40fe-b251-9ce4d64862c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).