republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2245.md

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Bill	Health, Dept. of - As enacted, removes requirement that state-operated medical laboratories and public health laboratory personnel who work at medical laboratories operated by the state be regulated under the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-5001; Section 68-1-901; Title 68, Chapter 12; Title 68, Chapter 29; Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 32.	Health, Dept. of - As enacted, removes requirement that state-operated medical laboratories and public health laboratory personnel who work at medical laboratories operated by the state be regulated under the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-5001; Section 68-1-901; Title 68, Chapter 12; Title 68, Chapter 29; Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 32.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 2245	Tennessee SB 2245 (110)	bill	Health Dept. of	enacted	Hawk Norris	1	45	3	2018-01-23	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/6f7f335e-294b-4339-8ebf-5fb1083f3642	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2245&GA=110	25bb4d1f46c6e278651f05f642927c8f7e6a847a8ca8d278b9244df4ad112cb4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2245 (110) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, removes requirement that state-operated medical laboratories and public health laboratory personnel who work at medical laboratories operated by the state be regulated under the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-5001; Section 68-1-901; Title 68, Chapter 12; Title 68, Chapter 29; Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 32.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2018 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2018 PASSED (1) — 94–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/12/2018 PASSED (1) — 30–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Hawk — primary (person)
• Norris — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-23 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2018-01-25 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-30 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2018-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• 2018-02-07 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
• 2018-02-14 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/20/2018
• 2018-02-14 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-20 Action def. in Health Committee to 2/27/2018
• 2018-02-21 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
• 2018-02-21 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
• 2018-02-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-28 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
• 2018-02-28 Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to 3/7/2018
• 2018-02-28 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
• 2018-02-28 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-03-07 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2018-03-07 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
• 2018-03-07 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
• 2018-03-09 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/12/2018
• 2018-03-12 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2018-03-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2018-03-14 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
• 2018-03-14 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
• 2018-03-15 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2018-03-21 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
• 2018-03-21 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-28 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
• 2018-03-29 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
• 2018-04-05 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
• 2018-04-05 Reset on next avail. cal.
• 2018-04-09 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2018-04-09 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2018-04-09 Comp. SB subst.
• 2018-04-10 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2018-04-11 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2018-04-12 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2018-04-13 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2018-04-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 788
• 2018-04-23 Effective date(s) 04/20/2018
• 2018-04-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 788

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f7f335e-294b-4339-8ebf-5fb1083f3642. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).