---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to rural hospital-based laboratories. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to rural hospital-based laboratories. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2230"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2230 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e21d4f5f-a437-48db-8e0b-4988fc68977b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2230&GA=113"
source_hash: "f8a25e497eb620d6f3042b99ef9663291c13e17871121dc0ee8ebce9bb8e8d80"
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 2230 (113) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to rural hospital-based laboratories. - Amends TCA Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0860** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0860.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0797** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0797.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2230.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2024 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** 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`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2024
- **2024-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0797)
- **2024-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0860) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **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) 05/28/2024
- **2024-05-31** Pub. Ch. 1046

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e21d4f5f-a437-48db-8e0b-4988fc68977b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).