republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-565.md

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Bill	Dentists and Dentistry - As enacted, authorizes a dentist licensed in this state to administer a vaccination against COVID-19 if the dentist has received appropriate training as recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention. - Amends TCA Title 63.	Dentists and Dentistry - As enacted, authorizes a dentist licensed in this state to administer a vaccination against COVID-19 if the dentist has received appropriate training as recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention. - Amends TCA Title 63.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 565	Tennessee HB 565 (112)	bill	Dentists and Dentistry	enacted	Dixie Gilmore	3	45	7	2021-02-04	2021-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/d9f6d0da-90ec-40e5-8a4b-cc13b7b112f2	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0565&GA=112	47bb8334a4f77398adac31c2399c9c2569e5b5ec5db594ed977104e8bcc4116d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 565 (112) — Dentists and Dentistry - As enacted, authorizes a dentist licensed in this state to administer a vaccination against COVID-19 if the dentist has received appropriate training as recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention. - Amends TCA Title 63.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0392 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0200 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/21/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — 79–12 (pass) · lower
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/31/2021 Passed (3) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021 4/26/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dixie — primary (person)
• Gilmore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-04 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-05 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-17 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-24 Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-25 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-30 Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
• 2021-03-31 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-04-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2021
• 2021-04-06 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-07 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0200)
• 2021-04-08 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-14 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-14 Reset on Final cal. of Health Committee
• 2021-04-21 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
• 2021-04-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-29 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-29 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/3/2021
• 2021-04-29 Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 12, PNV 2 passage
• 2021-04-29 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0392) amendment-passage
• 2021-04-29 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-05-03 Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0392) passage
• 2021-05-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-05 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-05-07 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-21 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465
• 2021-05-21 Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
• 2021-05-21 Pub. Ch. 465

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9f6d0da-90ec-40e5-8a4b-cc13b7b112f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).