republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1877.md

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Bill	Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires hospitals and physicians to accept electronic insurance cards as valid proof of an insurance policy, plan, or contract. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.	Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires hospitals and physicians to accept electronic insurance cards as valid proof of an insurance policy, plan, or contract. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1877	Tennessee HB 1877 (113)	bill	Accident Health Insurance	enacted	Freeman	3	28	5	2024-01-22	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c4b738b1-783e-4871-a1e4-e310b36bb62a	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1877&GA=113	41df26e1870f83b7303da09d823d073367094db148e2675e71cbd637d9a0b031	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1877 (113) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires hospitals and physicians to accept electronic insurance cards as valid proof of an insurance policy, plan, or contract. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment HA0629 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0870 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/27/2024 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Freeman — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-25 P2C, ref. to Insurance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-20 Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-27 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/5/2024
• 2024-03-05 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-06 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
• 2024-03-07 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
• 2024-03-11 Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-03-11 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-11 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0629) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-03-14 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-08 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-04-08 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0870)
• 2024-04-08 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-10 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 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) 01/01/2026
• 2024-05-01 Pub. Ch. 789

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4b738b1-783e-4871-a1e4-e310b36bb62a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).