republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1409.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	SB 1409	Tennessee SB 1409 (112)	bill	Accident Health Insurance	enacted	Johnson Whitson	3	40	6	2021-02-11	2021-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/c170d18e-de64-4582-badd-a2f5565de55b	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1409&GA=112	6cc2f523f7e45feea4af2183f97d798be080d8fb027e251d99a6385bf585e3e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1409 (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 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• 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
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• 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

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 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-02-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 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 Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-04-06 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-04-13 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 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 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-26 Companion House Bill substituted
• 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.
• 2021-04-28 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 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 424
• 2021-05-19 Effective date(s) 05/12/2021
• 2021-05-19 Pub. Ch. 424

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c170d18e-de64-4582-badd-a2f5565de55b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).