---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires, for practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires, for practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2378"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2378 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nurses", "Nursing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton-Haynes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1221f95e-d173-4040-81f8-884f139041aa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2378&GA=113"
source_hash: "848981aff0f070d8e14e5f7a04dd68e3f1d5e1a84030bfd2efb78f2bb5243a2f"
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 2378 (113) — Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires, for practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; 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 HA0849** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0849.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0798** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0798.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2378.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Helton-Haynes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2024-03-11** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-11** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2024
- **2024-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2024
- **2024-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0849) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0798)
- **2024-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 06/30/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 891

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1221f95e-d173-4040-81f8-884f139041aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).