republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-702.md

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Bill	Health Care - As enacted, prohibits healthcare entities from taking certain actions in regard to transplants, such as refusing to place an individual on an organ waiting list, solely on the basis of whether an individual has received or will receive a COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.	Health Care - As enacted, prohibits healthcare entities from taking certain actions in regard to transplants, such as refusing to place an individual on an organ waiting list, solely on the basis of whether an individual has received or will receive a COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 702	Tennessee HB 702 (112)	bill	Health Care	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	4	42	7	2021-02-08	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ff15f7b5-d8fc-4717-bfd7-0bd359342384	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0702&GA=112	a0514fbb05f9f2f5edc1976ad0b74a1fa01fca034042f7c391886ba410f5ee3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 702 (112) — Health Care - As enacted, prohibits healthcare entities from taking certain actions in regard to transplants, such as refusing to place an individual on an organ waiting list, solely on the basis of whether an individual has received or will receive a COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0701 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0591 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0638 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/8/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — 68–19 (pass) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (3) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — 25–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-02 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Sponsor change.
• 2022-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-08 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-08 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-08 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. H&W Comm. 3/9/22
• 2022-03-08 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-09 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
• 2022-03-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-15 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
• 2022-03-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
• 2022-03-17 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-17 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 7 passage
• 2022-03-17 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0638)
• 2022-03-17 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0591)
• 2022-03-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-24 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-03-24 Passed H., Ayes 68, Nays 19, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-24 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0701) amendment-withdrawal
• 2022-03-24 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-03-25 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-03-28 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-29 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-04-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 769
• 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 05/15/2022
• 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 769

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff15f7b5-d8fc-4717-bfd7-0bd359342384. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).