republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-647.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, makes changes to the law regarding costs of reproduction, copying, or mailing of certain medical records. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Section 63-2-102."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, makes changes to the law regarding costs of reproduction, copying, or mailing of certain medical records. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Section 63-2-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "Tennessee HB 647 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15cbe904-47a0-49d5-b042-e6f443ee3e73"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0647&GA=113"
source_hash: "c50b5d1fd78306cd1f57db2b404d047d99a675beb76d5418ba84ee0075b798e4"
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 647 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, makes changes to the law regarding costs of reproduction, copying, or mailing of certain medical records. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Section 63-2-102.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0398** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0398.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0426.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0589.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0331** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0331.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0647.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2023 4/6/2023 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024 3/7/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2023 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/28/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/5/2023
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2023
- **2023-04-13** Re-ref. Health Committee
- **2023-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0398) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** 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** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0589) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0426) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-03-18** 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 - SA0331)
- **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) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 737

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15cbe904-47a0-49d5-b042-e6f443ee3e73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).