republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1257.md

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Bill	Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Human Life Protection Act," which bans abortion in this state effective on the 30th day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade or an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow states to prohibit abortion; creates exception for situations where the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of pregnant woman or prevent serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily function; prohibits prosecution of a woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5116; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 9; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5.	Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Human Life Protection Act," which bans abortion in this state effective on the 30th day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade or an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow states to prohibit abortion; creates exception for situations where the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of pregnant woman or prevent serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily function; prohibits prosecution of a woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5116; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 9; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1257	Tennessee SB 1257 (111)	bill	Abortion	enacted	Gresham Lynn	5	47	9	2019-02-06	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/9d3c0183-0a20-4db6-b403-579dd2c5f1c8	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1257&GA=111	e7f92c2cec14da4f906af7533b8f1b2e747199438348720621c999093dc947b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1257 (111) — Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Human Life Protection Act," which bans abortion in this state effective on the 30th day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade or an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow states to prohibit abortion; creates exception for situations where the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of pregnant woman or prevent serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily function; prohibits prosecution of a woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5116; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 9; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0391 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0269 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0352 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0353 (committee substitute) — source
5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — 69–24 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE PUBLIC HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Public Health Subcommittee of Health Committee 3/27/2019 Failed — 3–4 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2019 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed — 66–29 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — 26–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gresham — primary (person)
• Lynn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-06 Intro. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 P1C.
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-11 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
• 2019-02-13 Assigned to s/c Public Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
• 2019-03-20 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Failed in s/c Public Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
• 2019-04-02 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-09 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Recalled from Subcommittee Pursuant to Rule 83 (13)
• 2019-04-16 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-16 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-04-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-17 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
• 2019-04-18 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/19
• 2019-04-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
• 2019-04-22 Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 24, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-22 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0391) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-22 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-04-22 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 passage
• 2019-04-22 Failed to adopt, (Amendment 3 - SA0353)
• 2019-04-22 Failed to adopt, (Amendment 2 - SA0352)
• 2019-04-22 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0269)
• 2019-04-22 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-24 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-29 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-29 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-30 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 351
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s)
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 351

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d3c0183-0a20-4db6-b403-579dd2c5f1c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).