republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-568.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	SB 568	Tennessee SB 568 (112)	bill	Health Care	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	4	42	7	2021-02-08	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ec7d6e4d-98ff-4141-846f-7b8b8cb9184f	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0568&GA=112	a69eafcc8f29041e5dc106c274ea89c4e26c16ba45e7914147a836c43b877cad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 568 (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

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2022 Passed — 25–7 (pass) · upper
• 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 — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed — 68–19 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/8/2022 — 0–0 (fail) · 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 — 8–0 (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 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2021-02-11 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
• 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.
• 2022-03-08 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
• 2022-03-08 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 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 cal. Health Committee for 3/16/2022
• 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 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)
• 2022-03-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
• 2022-03-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 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.
• 2022-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-24 Comp. SB subst.
• 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 Effective date(s) 05/15/2022
• 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 769
• 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 769

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec7d6e4d-98ff-4141-846f-7b8b8cb9184f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).