---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abortion - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Infants Protection Act,\" which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2."
description: "Abortion - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Infants Protection Act,\" which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1189 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Hill M"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 69
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/665eb4d1-6102-485d-ba1d-a10d0a5c7fef"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1189&GA=110"
source_hash: "edeff2af2929e2856d924be769a5ee048990d7ca1ae9633836b9e1ccaf4bceb7"
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 1189 (110) — Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Infants Protection Act," which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1189.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/25/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/19/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/8/2017 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)
- Hill M — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2017-04-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0464)
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 18, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 5 - HA0575) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 4 - HA0552) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0545) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0544) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0213) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 353
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 353
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/665eb4d1-6102-485d-ba1d-a10d0a5c7fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).