---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to investigate reports of the amount of diagnoses of cancer and Parkinson's disease based on data currently available to the department in Maury County and Lawrence County; requires the department to submit a report to legislative committees no later than July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 1."
description: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to investigate reports of the amount of diagnoses of cancer and Parkinson's disease based on data currently available to the department in Maury County and Lawrence County; requires the department to submit a report to legislative committees no later than July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1843"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1843 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b1df9c9-b850-4f79-82be-c4fabfeec804"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1843&GA=113"
source_hash: "17b1116702b99cab9b198799cff570a207181bc9622ca08e6d7b58fe0a2f2b4f"
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 1843 (113) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to investigate reports of the amount of diagnoses of cancer and Parkinson's disease based on data currently available to the department in Maury County and Lawrence County; requires the department to submit a report to legislative committees no later than July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0713** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0713.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0554** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0554.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1843.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2024 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/29/2024 Passed (1) — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/7/2024
- **2024-02-07** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0554)
- **2024-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0713) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/11/2024
- **2024-04-17** Pub. Ch. 680

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b1df9c9-b850-4f79-82be-c4fabfeec804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).