republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2378.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires, for practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.	Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires, for practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 2378	Tennessee HB 2378 (113)	bill	Nurses Nursing	enacted	Helton-Haynes	3	29	0	2024-01-30	2024-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1221f95e-d173-4040-81f8-884f139041aa	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2378&GA=113	848981aff0f070d8e14e5f7a04dd68e3f1d5e1a84030bfd2efb78f2bb5243a2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2378 (113) — Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires, for practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; 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 HA0849 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0798 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Helton-Haynes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-02-01 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2024-03-11 Sponsor(s) withdrawn. sponsorship
• 2024-03-11 Sponsor change. sponsorship
• 2024-03-11 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
• 2024-03-13 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/27/2024
• 2024-03-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-27 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2024
• 2024-04-04 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2024
• 2024-04-08 Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-08 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-08 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0849) amendment-passage
• 2024-04-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-04-10 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-11 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-04-11 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0798)
• 2024-04-11 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-12 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-04-22 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-22 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-13 Effective date(s) 06/30/2024
• 2024-05-13 Pub. Ch. 891

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1221f95e-d173-4040-81f8-884f139041aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).