---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healthcare Liability - As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity, and the person consented; or if the person was a minor at the time of the procedure, the person's parent, guardian, or representative consented due to an act of coercion by the professional. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Healthcare Liability - As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity, and the person consented; or if the person was a minor at the time of the procedure, the person's parent, guardian, or representative consented due to an act of coercion by the professional. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2031"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2031 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healthcare Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fae0cd2f-022c-4ad0-b357-47b511b54808"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2031&ga=114"
source_hash: "19686e7e7563297223a7464dc625090446947600605b2030e50de0360110a9a9"
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 2031 (114) — Healthcare Liability - As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity, and the person consented; or if the person was a minor at the time of the procedure, the person's parent, guardian, or representative consented due to an act of coercion by the professional. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0752** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0752.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0639** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0639.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2031.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/10/2026 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/23/2026 Passed (2) — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — **72–19** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed — **70–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-24** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2026-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 5, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0639)
- **2026-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 19, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0752) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-06** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 5 (Amendment 1 - HA0752) `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
- **2026-04-28** Pub. Ch. 794

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fae0cd2f-022c-4ad0-b357-47b511b54808`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).