---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourages health insurers, providers, and hospitals to adopt the CDC Hepatitis C screening guidelines to test all pregnant women in Tennessee for Hepatitis C to help prevent the spread of new infections. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourages health insurers, providers, and hospitals to adopt the CDC Hepatitis C screening guidelines to test all pregnant women in Tennessee for Hepatitis C to help prevent the spread of new infections. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SJR 202"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 202 (112)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2022-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3b8ac44-6f3e-4b1e-ba1b-3b0deb4acd46"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0202&GA=112"
source_hash: "26632c08058f9f38a5ba344f3932454e375eac23286da30d81b34b836e694683"
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 SJR 202 (112) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourages health insurers, providers, and hospitals to adopt the CDC Hepatitis C screening guidelines to test all pregnant women in Tennessee for Hepatitis C to help prevent the spread of new infections. -

## 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/SJR0202.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Health and Welfare Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Recommended for adoption by Senate Health and Welfare Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-29** Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Ref. to Delayed Bills Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Concurred, Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-01** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3b8ac44-6f3e-4b1e-ba1b-3b0deb4acd46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).