republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2289.md

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Bill	Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, authorizes a medication aid to administer oral or topical medications prescribed with a nursing designation authorizing or requiring administration on an as-needed basis, regardless of whether a nursing assessment of the patient has been completed by a licensed nurse before administration; removes the prohibition against a medication aide administering medications delivered by aerosol/nebulizers or metered hand-held inhalers without spacers. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.	Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, authorizes a medication aid to administer oral or topical medications prescribed with a nursing designation authorizing or requiring administration on an as-needed basis, regardless of whether a nursing assessment of the patient has been completed by a licensed nurse before administration; removes the prohibition against a medication aide administering medications delivered by aerosol/nebulizers or metered hand-held inhalers without spacers. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 2289	Tennessee HB 2289 (113)	bill	Nurses Nursing	enacted	Boyd	3	28	5	2024-01-29	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/36817c90-1fdf-41bb-89f1-b4aa62b81a62	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2289&GA=113	13a0085a47ad54412c1b6dec8d7ddbcede6005f015d762215b01a267b499ee16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2289 (113) — Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, authorizes a medication aid to administer oral or topical medications prescribed with a nursing designation authorizing or requiring administration on an as-needed basis, regardless of whether a nursing assessment of the patient has been completed by a licensed nurse before administration; removes the prohibition against a medication aide administering medications delivered by aerosol/nebulizers or metered hand-held inhalers without spacers. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0710 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0813 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/27/2024 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024 3/21/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Boyd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-02-01 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-27 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-28 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/6/2024
• 2024-03-06 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/13/2024
• 2024-03-06 Action def. in Health Committee to 3/13/2024
• 2024-03-13 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2024
• 2024-03-13 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 3/21/2024
• 2024-03-20 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2024
• 2024-03-21 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024
• 2024-03-25 Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-03-25 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0710) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-03-28 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-01 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-04-01 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0813)
• 2024-04-01 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-03 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-04-04 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-08 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
• 2024-05-01 Pub. Ch. 756

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36817c90-1fdf-41bb-89f1-b4aa62b81a62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).