---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, revises requirement for the department of commerce and insurance to report on coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependency. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, revises requirement for the department of commerce and insurance to report on coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependency. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Tennessee SB 151 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Hawk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41143736-a4f5-4907-8ffa-27d0f9357490"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0151&GA=112"
source_hash: "e6a9dca28690b556a2df3557f510bbfe319aeb8e9f0f6adf2e652c366efa2234"
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 151 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, revises requirement for the department of commerce and insurance to report on coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependency. - Amends TCA Title 8; 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 HA0232** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0232.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0089** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0089.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0151.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2021 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/6/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/30/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Ref. to Insurance Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-31** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0089)
- **2021-04-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0232) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 4/28/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 244
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 244

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41143736-a4f5-4907-8ffa-27d0f9357490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).