---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, terminates the Tennessee health information committee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Section 56-2-125."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, terminates the Tennessee health information committee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Section 56-2-125."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Tennessee HB 259 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Faison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f28e0f8d-2701-443f-b473-ab63fa516830"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0259&GA=110"
source_hash: "e30c498bc8d912ab76a491f071a01c9ec5751f7efb5b17de6133c70040196ec5"
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 259 (110) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, terminates the Tennessee health information committee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Section 56-2-125.

## 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/HB0259.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018 4/17/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/16/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/8/2017
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 1/17/2018
- **2018-01-17** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 1/24/2018
- **2018-01-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-01-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/1/2018
- **2018-02-01** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0557)
- **2018-02-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1226) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 968
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 968
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/16/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f28e0f8d-2701-443f-b473-ab63fa516830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).