---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, enacts the \"Individualized Investigational Treatment Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, enacts the \"Individualized Investigational Treatment Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Tennessee SB 282 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2a93bd2-c88c-4bc9-9fc4-6f684d53ee36"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0282&ga=114"
source_hash: "516dab7b69addbe37c7592be5bb9418f5eb2e3606088552c350d5292261d7489"
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 282 (114) — Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Individualized Investigational Treatment Act." - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0021.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0282.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/26/2025 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2025 Passed (1) — **85–5** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2025-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-06** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 5, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0021)
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-28** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-03-28** Pub. Ch. 45

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2a93bd2-c88c-4bc9-9fc4-6f684d53ee36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).