---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, authorizes nonprofit dental service plan corporations that only provide dental plans and policies in this state to provide plans for vision services as well as dental services under certain conditions. - Amends amend TCA Title 56."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, authorizes nonprofit dental service plan corporations that only provide dental plans and policies in this state to provide plans for vision services as well as dental services under certain conditions. - Amends amend TCA Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2396"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2396 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Sargent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49c70e44-a621-4f81-b2c1-1fcfd7daba28"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2396&GA=110"
source_hash: "327db0fc544af721f6ab012d34d440625f5fb4bf7730e909815eb7e16f27847b"
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 2396 (110) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, authorizes nonprofit dental service plan corporations that only provide dental plans and policies in this state to provide plans for vision services as well as dental services under certain conditions. - Amends amend TCA Title 56.

## 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/HB2396.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **91–0** (fail) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 2/21/2018 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/15/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018 3/1/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Sargent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-08** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0719) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar 3/15/18
- **2018-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0703)
- **2018-03-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Pub. Ch. 644
- **2018-04-09** Effective date(s) 04/02/2018
- **2018-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 644

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49c70e44-a621-4f81-b2c1-1fcfd7daba28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).