---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, makes various changes to the law concerning the electronic delivery of health care and its coverage under certain insurance policies and TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 63-1-155."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, makes various changes to the law concerning the electronic delivery of health care and its coverage under certain insurance policies and TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 63-1-155."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111S2"
identifier: "HB 8002"
citation: "Tennessee HB 8002 (111S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Accident"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-07"
last_action: "2020-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86119c35-afde-4aeb-8e7a-c229fdb56041"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB8002&GA=111"
source_hash: "15fe07af8043c68383cdacd8dc72f334cc88a83e5ca9e62715a7bfad2d09c728"
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 8002 (111S2) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, makes various changes to the law concerning the electronic delivery of health care and its coverage under certain insurance policies and TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 63-1-155.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA8003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA8003.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA8014** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA8014.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA8002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA8002.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB8002.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION II: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II 8/12/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 8/12/2020 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION II: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II 8/12/2020 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 8/12/2020 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION II: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session II 8/12/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 8/11/2020 Passed (3) — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-08-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-08-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-08-10** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-08-11** Placed on cal. Electronic Delivery of Healthcare Committee of Extraordinary Session II for 8/12/2020
- **2020-08-11** P2C, ref. to Electronic Delivery of Healthcare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2020-08-11** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 8/11/2020
- **2020-08-11** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S Commerce & Labor Comm. 8-11-20
- **2020-08-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2020-08-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2020-08-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA8002)
- **2020-08-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-08-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-08-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-08-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-08-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA8014) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-08-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA8003) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 8/12/2020
- **2020-08-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II for 8/12/2020
- **2020-08-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of Extraordinary Session II `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-08-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 8/12/2020
- **2020-08-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-08-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 8/12/2020
- **2020-08-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-08-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-08-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-08-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-27** Pub. Ch. 4
- **2020-08-27** Effective date(s) 08/17/2020
- **2020-08-27** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 4

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86119c35-afde-4aeb-8e7a-c229fdb56041`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).