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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Illness - As enacted, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional or analyst determines that a service recipient has communicated an intent for actual threat of bodily harm; requires the professional or behavior analyst to report such threat; provides immunity from civil, criminal, and regulatory liability for a professional or analyst who takes reasonable action to warn or protect identified victims or groups and to report such threat. - Amends TCA Section 33-3-206."
description: "Mental Illness - As enacted, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional or analyst determines that a service recipient has communicated an intent for actual threat of bodily harm; requires the professional or behavior analyst to report such threat; provides immunity from civil, criminal, and regulatory liability for a professional or analyst who takes reasonable action to warn or protect identified victims or groups and to report such threat. - Amends TCA Section 33-3-206."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1625"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1625 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zachary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2183e1f-6c73-44c7-8400-ed5b260899ad"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1625&GA=113"
source_hash: "70a4b413f1be15520deef5a76cbf5998c658e67c98c8f410b206750233ba5412"
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 HB 1625 (113) — Mental Illness - As enacted, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional or analyst determines that a service recipient has communicated an intent for actual threat of bodily harm; requires the professional or behavior analyst to report such threat; provides immunity from civil, criminal, and regulatory liability for a professional or analyst who takes reasonable action to warn or protect identified victims or groups and to report such threat. - Amends TCA Section 33-3-206.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0526** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0526.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0817** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0817.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1625.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2024 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 1/30/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/4/2024 Passed — **7612** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 1/30/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **797** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/7/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 1/30/2024 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/7/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Zachary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/7/2024
- **2024-02-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 7, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0526) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0817)
- **2024-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-01** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/4/2024
- **2024-04-04** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 76, Nays 12 PNV 5 HB1625
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 783
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2183e1f-6c73-44c7-8400-ed5b260899ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).