republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-942.md

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Bill	Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, specifies that, with regard to premium rates for health benefit plans subject to the Tennessee Small Employer Group Health Coverage Reform Act, self-insurer pools consisting of two or more member employers of the same trade or professional organization with at least 500 covered lives are not prohibited from using case characteristics, claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage since issue in determining initial or adjusted premium rates for employers pooling their liabilities. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 62 and Title 63.	Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, specifies that, with regard to premium rates for health benefit plans subject to the Tennessee Small Employer Group Health Coverage Reform Act, self-insurer pools consisting of two or more member employers of the same trade or professional organization with at least 500 covered lives are not prohibited from using case characteristics, claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage since issue in determining initial or adjusted premium rates for employers pooling their liabilities. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 62 and Title 63.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 942	Tennessee SB 942 (111)	bill	Insurance Health Accident	enacted	Lundberg Travis	3	34	6	2019-02-06	2019-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/54c32aeb-52f0-4176-acbe-3835ecc5dd81	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0942&GA=111	d5d94fbe6b53ca6c71d3c894fef8083fd30b5ed209a1f1964bf67108c5568d0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 942 (111) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, specifies that, with regard to premium rates for health benefit plans subject to the Tennessee Small Employer Group Health Coverage Reform Act, self-insurer pools consisting of two or more member employers of the same trade or professional organization with at least 500 covered lives are not prohibited from using case characteristics, claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage since issue in determining initial or adjusted premium rates for employers pooling their liabilities. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 62 and Title 63.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0232 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0240 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/27/2019 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Lundberg — primary (person)
• Travis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 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 P1C.
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2019-02-11 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2019-03-20 Placed on s/c cal Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 Assigned to s/c Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 Ref. to Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-02 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
• 2019-04-04 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
• 2019-04-08 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-08 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0240)
• 2019-04-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-04-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-04-11 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-11 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0232) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-11 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-11 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-12 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-15 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-15 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-16 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-01 Pub. Ch. 182
• 2019-05-01 Effective date(s) 04/23/2019
• 2019-05-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 182

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54c32aeb-52f0-4176-acbe-3835ecc5dd81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).