--- type: "Bill" title: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires a blood test for the presence of the hepatitis and AIDS/HIV viruses to be administered to an arrested person if requested by a law enforcement officer, TBI employee, firefighter, EMT-paramedic, or EMT who may have been exposed to the virus; specifies that the test is for any hepatitis virus, rather than just hepatitis B. - Amends TCA Section 68-10-116." description: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires a blood test for the presence of the hepatitis and AIDS/HIV viruses to be administered to an arrested person if requested by a law enforcement officer, TBI employee, firefighter, EMT-paramedic, or EMT who may have been exposed to the virus; specifies that the test is for any hepatitis virus, rather than just hepatitis B. - Amends TCA Section 68-10-116." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 1223" citation: "Tennessee SB 1223 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Law Enforcement"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Massey"] version_count: 1 action_count: 46 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-02-09" last_action: "2017-05-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff462711-6160-46b4-8654-703f2f9ce6b1" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1223&GA=110" source_hash: "9a871edb0b30cfe986362edd261e0c23b1605c24c0e1e0fd5f5a3caa43c2266a" 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 1223 (110) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires a blood test for the presence of the hepatitis and AIDS/HIV viruses to be administered to an arrested person if requested by a law enforcement officer, TBI employee, firefighter, EMT-paramedic, or EMT who may have been exposed to the virus; specifies that the test is for any hepatitis virus, rather than just hepatitis B. - Amends TCA Section 68-10-116. ## 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/SB1223.pdf) ## Votes - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2017 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Dunn — primary (person) - Massey — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction` - **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee - **2017-02-13** P1C. - **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee` - **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2017-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2017 - **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2017 - **2017-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2017-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2017 - **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2017 - **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017 - **2017-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage` - **2017-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0130) - **2017-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0129) - **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2017-03-21** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2017 - **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2017 - **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee` - **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/5/2017 - **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/12/2017 - **2017-04-05** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/12/2017 - **2017-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017 - **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017 - **2017-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2017-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0378) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2017-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2017-04-27** Comp. SB subst. - **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker - **2017-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2017-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 345 - **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017 - **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 345 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff462711-6160-46b4-8654-703f2f9ce6b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).