republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-2196.md

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Bill	Abortion - As enacted, creates the Class C felony of performing or inducing, or attempting to perform or induce, an abortion upon a pregnant woman whose unborn child has a fetal heartbeat; creates other criminal offenses related to the performance of an abortion; requires that certain information regarding reversing chemical abortions be provided; revises and enacts other abortion-related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 37-10-304 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.	Abortion - As enacted, creates the Class C felony of performing or inducing, or attempting to perform or induce, an abortion upon a pregnant woman whose unborn child has a fetal heartbeat; creates other criminal offenses related to the performance of an abortion; requires that certain information regarding reversing chemical abortions be provided; revises and enacts other abortion-related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 37-10-304 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 2196	Tennessee SB 2196 (111)	bill	Abortion	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	7	43	8	2020-02-03	2020-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/1de3fee1-269a-4ec9-aa80-496127a21ca5	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2196&GA=111	1f98fee702870ae001f738e5d42078dbf3293e2e36958331ce010b818014a548	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2196 (111) — Abortion - As enacted, creates the Class C felony of performing or inducing, or attempting to perform or induce, an abortion upon a pregnant woman whose unborn child has a fetal heartbeat; creates other criminal offenses related to the performance of an abortion; requires that certain information regarding reversing chemical abortions be provided; revises and enacts other abortion-related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 37-10-304 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0905 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA0912 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment HA0947 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0545 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment SA0733 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment SA0734 (committee substitute) — source
7. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Suspend the Rules 6/19/2020 Passed — 23–5 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE PUBLIC HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 5/27/2020 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 3 6/19/2020 Passed — 70–20 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 6/19/2020 Passed — 23–5 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/18/2020 Passed (1) — 69–17 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/9/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020 6/11/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/3/2020 Passed — 7–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-03 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-02-03 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-02-05 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-02-06 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2020-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2020-02-25 Assigned to s/c Public Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2020
• 2020-03-03 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2020-03-04 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 3/10/2020
• 2020-03-10 Action Def. in s/c Public Health Subcommittee to 3/17/2020
• 2020-03-11 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 3/17/2020
• 2020-03-17 Meeting Canceled
• 2020-05-20 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 5/27/2020
• 2020-05-27 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 6/2/2020
• 2020-05-27 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2020-06-02 Action def. in Health Committee to 6/9/2020
• 2020-06-03 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 6/9/2020
• 2020-06-09 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/11/2020
• 2020-06-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020
• 2020-06-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2020-06-18 Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 17, PNV 2 passage
• 2020-06-18 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0947) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-06-18 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0905) amendment-passage
• 2020-06-18 Am. reconsidered. (Amendment 1 - HA0905)
• 2020-06-18 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0912) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-06-18 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0905) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-06-19 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2020-06-19 H. concurred in S. am. no. 3 Ayes 70, Nays 20, PNV 1
• 2020-06-19 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 5 passage
• 2020-06-19 S. Amendment #1 withdrawn.
• 2020-06-19 Senate adopted Amendment #3
• 2020-06-19 S. Amendment #2 withdrawn.
• 2020-06-22 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2020-06-30 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-06-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-07-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2020-07-13 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-22 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 764
• 2020-07-22 Pub. Ch. 764
• 2020-07-22 Effective date(s) 10/01/2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1de3fee1-269a-4ec9-aa80-496127a21ca5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).