---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises requirements regarding coverage for mental health, mental illness, and alcohol or drug dependency, and requires certain reports. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises requirements regarding coverage for mental health, mental illness, and alcohol or drug dependency, and requires certain reports. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2355"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2355 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "McCormick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 69
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e3855b5-be07-4574-b506-d39f9b7accd5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2355&GA=110"
source_hash: "13643de4526a3f1f9c2f907b85dacb3857789bf2f05f3082bd200668c293f51b"
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 2355 (110) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises requirements regarding coverage for mental health, mental illness, and alcohol or drug dependency, and requires certain reports. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

## 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/HB2355.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/18/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 3/14/2018 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/20/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018 4/18/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- McCormick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/4/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
- **2018-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-19** Recalled
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0851)
- **2018-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1277) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0940) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-25** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1277) `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1012
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1012
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e3855b5-be07-4574-b506-d39f9b7accd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).