republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-1373.md

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Bill	Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires the state to reimburse a local government that provides health insurance benefits for first responders in an amount equal to that portion of health insurance premiums or expenses for COBRA coverage for benefits for which the local government is responsible. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.	Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires the state to reimburse a local government that provides health insurance benefits for first responders in an amount equal to that portion of health insurance premiums or expenses for COBRA coverage for benefits for which the local government is responsible. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 1373	Tennessee HB 1373 (112)	bill	Accident Health Insurance	enacted	Johnson Whitson	3	40	6	2021-02-11	2021-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/3bd331ae-41e2-4300-ac19-3558516a8147	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1373&GA=112	053ff7b00fda139248546ca8948ad65de1ebb9c5a978128a55c01de9c7dc162c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1373 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires the state to reimburse a local government that provides health insurance benefits for first responders in an amount equal to that portion of health insurance premiums or expenses for COBRA coverage for benefits for which the local government is responsible. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0317 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0284 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Whitson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-02-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-25 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-30 Reset on Final cal. of Cities & Counties Subcommittee
• 2021-03-31 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
• 2021-04-05 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
• 2021-04-06 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-13 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-04-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
• 2021-04-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-04-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0317) amendment-passage
• 2021-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-26 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-04-26 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0284)
• 2021-04-26 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-26 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-28 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-03 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-12 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-19 Effective date(s) 05/12/2021
• 2021-05-19 Pub. Ch. 424
• 2021-05-19 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 424

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3bd331ae-41e2-4300-ac19-3558516a8147. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).