---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, specifies that standard medical practice does not involve prescribing hormone treatment for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors; prohibits a healthcare prescriber from prescribing a course of treatment that involves hormone treatment for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors, except that a healthcare prescriber may prescribe a course of treatment that involves hormone treatments for prepubertal minors for diagnoses of growth deficiencies or other diagnoses unrelated to gender dysphoria or gender incongruency. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, specifies that standard medical practice does not involve prescribing hormone treatment for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors; prohibits a healthcare prescriber from prescribing a course of treatment that involves hormone treatment for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors, except that a healthcare prescriber may prescribe a course of treatment that involves hormone treatments for prepubertal minors for diagnoses of growth deficiencies or other diagnoses unrelated to gender dysphoria or gender incongruency. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "Tennessee SB 126 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Kumar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/546f401a-a2c3-4b6b-a0c9-f5db77da85ea"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0126&GA=112"
source_hash: "f419fa26ca23ef2c94b2fcd2e089dede5bd8837b1638c29f81dc7b0fc40532b3"
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 126 (112) — Health Care - As enacted, specifies that standard medical practice does not involve prescribing hormone treatment for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors; prohibits a healthcare prescriber from prescribing a course of treatment that involves hormone treatment for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors, except that a healthcare prescriber may prescribe a course of treatment that involves hormone treatments for prepubertal minors for diagnoses of growth deficiencies or other diagnoses unrelated to gender dysphoria or gender incongruency. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0329** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0329.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0202** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0202.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0126.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/6/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2021 Passed — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/31/2021 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **67–24** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/14/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Ref. to Health Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0202)
- **2021-04-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 24, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0329) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
- **2021-05-21** Pub. Ch. 460
- **2021-05-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 460

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/546f401a-a2c3-4b6b-a0c9-f5db77da85ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).