---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes an existing licensed nursing home to relocate beds in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 16."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes an existing licensed nursing home to relocate beds in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 16."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1317"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1317 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "Wright"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18ad161e-e450-463d-bb4a-82cc817004b4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1317&GA=111"
source_hash: "d9d28d063a1c8ce42509566a954bdb5954fb6470345b73c65e860ddcd0e8b6e0"
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 1317 (111) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes an existing licensed nursing home to relocate beds in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 16.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0441.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0319.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1317.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/2/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/9/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)
- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/19
- **2019-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0319)
- **2019-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0441) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 324
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 324

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18ad161e-e450-463d-bb4a-82cc817004b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).