---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, redefines \"trauma service codes\" for purposes of the Tennessee Trauma Center Funding Law of 2007. - Amends TCA Section 68-59-102."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, redefines \"trauma service codes\" for purposes of the Tennessee Trauma Center Funding Law of 2007. - Amends TCA Section 68-59-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1945"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1945 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Hicks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebc13863-8a6f-4e8b-94e8-f823d69ebe59"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1945&GA=110"
source_hash: "d4f301d89d27468b8a0d7111334c21c0e4ac9774e574564a3f494fea117d2233"
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 1945 (110) — Health Care - As enacted, redefines "trauma service codes" for purposes of the Tennessee Trauma Center Funding Law of 2007. - Amends TCA Section 68-59-102.

## 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/SB1945.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Hicks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0850) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0814)
- **2018-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 671
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 671
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebc13863-8a6f-4e8b-94e8-f823d69ebe59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).