---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, clarifies that an ambulance service that holds a valid and unencumbered license to operate in at least one county is not required to maintain a separate license or establish a base of operations in a county for which the ambulance service is not licensed in order to provide a secondary mental health transport to, from, or through that county. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, clarifies that an ambulance service that holds a valid and unencumbered license to operate in at least one county is not required to maintain a separate license or establish a base of operations in a county for which the ambulance service is not licensed in order to provide a secondary mental health transport to, from, or through that county. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2289"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2289 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135015bb-13f6-42c6-ae23-e2b4b41bbe31"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2289&GA=112"
source_hash: "5edd052db855655898c21561d114aaa959eeacff40b9a56ef956a9f1c534076d"
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 2289 (112) — Health Care - As enacted, clarifies that an ambulance service that holds a valid and unencumbered license to operate in at least one county is not required to maintain a separate license or establish a base of operations in a county for which the ambulance service is not licensed in order to provide a secondary mental health transport to, from, or through that county. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2289.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: 2/23/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/14/2022
- **2022-03-23** Pub. Ch. 647
- **2022-03-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 647

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/135015bb-13f6-42c6-ae23-e2b4b41bbe31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).