---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the bureau of TennCare within the department of finance and administration to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the bureau of TennCare within the department of finance and administration to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1781"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1781 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ragan", "Roberts"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5d8a191-9c43-4abb-876d-8e77787aee88"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1781&GA=112"
source_hash: "cab50e8ddcf39b9d2624828fdd8a015246d916f56b3f7def40e88a3338df268f"
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 1781 (112) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the bureau of TennCare within the department of finance and administration to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0906** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0906.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1781.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/9/2022 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/14/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/14/2022 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ragan — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2022-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/9/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/17/2022
- **2022-02-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-31** Re-ref. to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0906) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-21** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-25** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/26/22
- **2022-04-26** H. refused to recede from am. no. HA1 SB1700
- **2022-04-27** Conf. comm. appointed. (Ragan, Reedy, Dixie)
- **2022-04-27** Conference Committee appointed. (Akbari, Jackson, Roberts)
- **2022-04-27** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-28** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 85, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-28** Conference Committee report adopted,
- **2022-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1023
- **2022-05-25** Effective date(s) 05/11/2022
- **2022-05-25** Pub. Ch. 1023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5d8a191-9c43-4abb-876d-8e77787aee88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).