---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the medical payment committee for six years to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 50, Chapter 6."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the medical payment committee for six years to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 50, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1653"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1653 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Faison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d903b26e-33c4-4db1-8ad9-1d5e42738c6a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1653&GA=110"
source_hash: "87d48c456ed4b80208d498b4bb81c29ccde2451ac693b030bbe898a19294b379"
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 HB 1653 (110) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the medical payment committee for six years to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 50, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1653.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 2/8/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/7/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Faison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/5/2018
- **2018-02-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/8/2018
- **2018-02-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-12** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-02-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-02-15** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-07** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 514
- **2018-03-07** Pub. Ch. 514
- **2018-03-07** Effective date(s) 02/22/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d903b26e-33c4-4db1-8ad9-1d5e42738c6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).