---
type: "Bill"
title: "Infectious Diseases - As enacted, deletes all references to the world health organization; requires a pandemic to be declared by the federal centers for disease and prevention control, rather than the world health organization, with a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor for the governor to have exclusive jurisdiction to issue executive orders and directives related to the pandemic until the pandemic ceases to exist. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68."
description: "Infectious Diseases - As enacted, deletes all references to the world health organization; requires a pandemic to be declared by the federal centers for disease and prevention control, rather than the world health organization, with a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor for the governor to have exclusive jurisdiction to issue executive orders and directives related to the pandemic until the pandemic ceases to exist. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 669"
citation: "Tennessee SB 669 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Infectious Diseases"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a833e36b-7c24-4f18-a2f4-d958bfb4091b"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0669&ga=114"
source_hash: "ba0c459955c7031705be640e1d07571a134012dfb810e0ecf866bd3465ad4083"
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 669 (114) — Infectious Diseases - As enacted, deletes all references to the world health organization; requires a pandemic to be declared by the federal centers for disease and prevention control, rather than the world health organization, with a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor for the governor to have exclusive jurisdiction to issue executive orders and directives related to the pandemic until the pandemic ceases to exist. - Amends TCA Title 7 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://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0669.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — **70–19** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2025 Passed — **68–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 19, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 03/25/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a833e36b-7c24-4f18-a2f4-d958bfb4091b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).