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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, removes TCA § 14-2-101, which prohibits COVID-19 vaccine mandates by governmental entities, schools, and local education agencies, and removes TCA § 14-1-101, which is the definitions to the Title 14 COVID-19 laws, from the application of the Title 14 termination date of July 1, 2023; effective July 1, 2023, deletes the 14-1-101 definitions except for those that relate to the prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, removes TCA § 14-2-101, which prohibits COVID-19 vaccine mandates by governmental entities, schools, and local education agencies, and removes TCA § 14-1-101, which is the definitions to the Title 14 COVID-19 laws, from the application of the Title 14 termination date of July 1, 2023; effective July 1, 2023, deletes the 14-1-101 definitions except for those that relate to the prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1884"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1884 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Hulsey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f6d4988-257d-4d80-bf47-6d4d4db24d9a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1884&GA=112"
source_hash: "191a4b11f0ce806007e3fcecf0153209532f21aed115764a53d0e6c55aa75ba1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 1884 (112) — Public Health - As enacted, removes TCA § 14-2-101, which prohibits COVID-19 vaccine mandates by governmental entities, schools, and local education agencies, and removes TCA § 14-1-101, which is the definitions to the Title 14 COVID-19 laws, from the application of the Title 14 termination date of July 1, 2023; effective July 1, 2023, deletes the 14-1-101 definitions except for those that relate to the prohibition on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0859** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0859.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0622** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0622.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1884.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/22/2022 (3) — **00** (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 (1) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed — **234** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **7119** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Hulsey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-01-27** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** No Action Taken
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0622)
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 19, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0859) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022, 07/01/2023
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 896
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 896
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f6d4988-257d-4d80-bf47-6d4d4db24d9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).