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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, removes authority from county boards of health in relation to enforcement and adoption of rules and regulations and instead makes the board advisory to the county mayor for such purposes; defines quarantine for purposes of the present law provisions governing quarantine; prohibits state or local governmental official, entity, department, or agency requiring physical documentation or digital storage of protected health information related to an individual's immunization or vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of entering upon the premises of a state or local government entity, or utilizing services provided by a state or local government entity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, removes authority from county boards of health in relation to enforcement and adoption of rules and regulations and instead makes the board advisory to the county mayor for such purposes; defines quarantine for purposes of the present law provisions governing quarantine; prohibits state or local governmental official, entity, department, or agency requiring physical documentation or digital storage of protected health information related to an individual's immunization or vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of entering upon the premises of a state or local government entity, or utilizing services provided by a state or local government entity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 858"
citation: "Tennessee SB 858 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Ragan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 56
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e31b070-e580-4dc5-a248-c29d2ca3d57a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0858&GA=112"
source_hash: "54a62931470bb8bd1d1aa3b9290d51075f829a6c84350c49fd1b3e98e0f50286"
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 858 (112) — Public Health - As enacted, removes authority from county boards of health in relation to enforcement and adoption of rules and regulations and instead makes the board advisory to the county mayor for such purposes; defines quarantine for purposes of the present law provisions governing quarantine; prohibits state or local governmental official, entity, department, or agency requiring physical documentation or digital storage of protected health information related to an individual's immunization or vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of entering upon the premises of a state or local government entity, or utilizing services provided by a state or local government entity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 8; 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 HA0325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0325.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0326** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0326.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0278** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0278.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0858.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — **264** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **6822** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **256** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means 4/13/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/6/2021 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed — **50** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed — **6824** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
- **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** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0278)
- **2021-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0326) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0325) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 6 (Amendment 2 - HA0326) `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 550
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 550
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e31b070-e580-4dc5-a248-c29d2ca3d57a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).