---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, revises various provisions governing nursing homes and extends the nursing home assessment trust fund by one year, to terminate on June 30, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, revises various provisions governing nursing homes and extends the nursing home assessment trust fund by one year, to terminate on June 30, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1781"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1781 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c4bd6b-290a-42a9-90bf-f8f3c867ba59"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1781&GA=110"
source_hash: "28c60784ac8d7d055e0032192843e5a1b632c6583007f3d290b581d35a47f927"
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 1781 (110) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, revises various provisions governing nursing homes and extends the nursing home assessment trust fund by one year, to terminate on June 30, 2019. - Amends TCA 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/SB1781.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2018 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/16/2018 PASSED — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–2** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-01-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-16** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0923)
- **2018-04-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0826)
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1013) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1011) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 836
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 836

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35c4bd6b-290a-42a9-90bf-f8f3c867ba59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).