---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases from three to five the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 1 home for the aged; increases from four to six the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 2 home for the aged. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases from three to five the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 1 home for the aged; increases from four to six the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 2 home for the aged. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2083"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2083 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d61c9e64-2351-4218-99b9-a650e0961a7d"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2083&ga=114"
source_hash: "b3251bf673e3271c570745b1eed681f7f241b5181330c453057b04baaa509ff3"
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 2083 (114) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, increases from three to five the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 1 home for the aged; increases from four to six the maximum number of nonrelated persons in a home for the aged to be considered a tier 2 home for the aged. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2083.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/6/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2026-03-25** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-04-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/13/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 973

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d61c9e64-2351-4218-99b9-a650e0961a7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).