---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, prohibits a healthcare provider from coercing a person, including a person who has legal authority to make healthcare decisions for a child, to consent to a vaccination, misleading or misrepresenting that a vaccination is required by state law when state law provides an exemption, or misleading or misrepresenting that a newborn screening test is required by state law. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 4; Title 49 and Title 63."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, prohibits a healthcare provider from coercing a person, including a person who has legal authority to make healthcare decisions for a child, to consent to a vaccination, misleading or misrepresenting that a vaccination is required by state law when state law provides an exemption, or misleading or misrepresenting that a newborn screening test is required by state law. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 4; Title 49 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2151"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2151 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c49acfbb-1e34-4300-b458-2e6d5d80a239"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2151&GA=113"
source_hash: "04fba4a0c8ac3154a3832e2ee30f624e43edc0f0ef9e211bb430ca38e7fdbda5"
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 2151 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, prohibits a healthcare provider from coercing a person, including a person who has legal authority to make healthcare decisions for a child, to consent to a vaccination, misleading or misrepresenting that a vaccination is required by state law when state law provides an exemption, or misleading or misrepresenting that a newborn screening test is required by state law. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 4; Title 49 and Title 63.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0858** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0858.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0697** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0697.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2151.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed (2) — **71–19** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — **72–19** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2024 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/22/2024 Passed — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed — **71–19** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/13/2024 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2024 Passed — **69–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2024
- **2024-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0697)
- **2024-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-08** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 19, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0858) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-10** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** H. refused to recede from am. no. 1 SB2151
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-17** Conference Committee appointed (Johnson, Massey, Crowe, Oliver, Yager).
- **2024-04-17** Senate refused to recede from amendment 1 (HA-0858)
- **2024-04-18** Conf. comm. appointed. (Carringer, Terry, Hawk, Davis, Shaw)
- **2024-04-18** H. refused to recede from H am. no. 1
- **2024-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/23/2024
- **2024-04-22** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 23, Nays 4
- **2024-04-23** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 69, Nays 24 PNV 1
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-31** Pub. Ch. 1043

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c49acfbb-1e34-4300-b458-2e6d5d80a239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).