republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-1641.md

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Bill	Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, establishes that generally an attorney or an agent designated to make healthcare decisions under a durable power of attorney for health care has a right to in-person visitation with the principal at a hospital where the principal is located to evaluate the principal's condition. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68.	Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, establishes that generally an attorney or an agent designated to make healthcare decisions under a durable power of attorney for health care has a right to in-person visitation with the principal at a hospital where the principal is located to evaluate the principal's condition. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 1641	Tennessee SB 1641 (113)	bill	Hospitals and Health Care Facilities	enacted	Pody	5	31	6	2024-01-05	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ac4d6243-7935-46ad-a714-741587587732	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1641&GA=113	a7944e6d83042bd3dec68643552cb42842742ac6a0edb9a19a136fddbd9afd9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1641 (113) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, establishes that generally an attorney or an agent designated to make healthcare decisions under a durable power of attorney for health care has a right to in-person visitation with the principal at a hospital where the principal is located to evaluate the principal's condition. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0690 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0519 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0520 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0521 (committee substitute) — source
5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/12/2024 Passed (2) — 29–3 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/12/2024 Passed (1) — 29–3 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/10/2024 Passed — 27–3 (pass) · upper
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/7/2024 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/10/2024 Passed (1) — 27–3 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed — 75–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pody — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-01-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee passage
• 2024-01-17 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 1/24/2024
• 2024-01-24 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 1/31/2024
• 2024-01-24 Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 1/31/2024
• 2024-01-30 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-01-31 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/7/2024
• 2024-01-31 Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/7/2024
• 2024-02-07 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2024-02-07 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/12/2024
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 3, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-02-12 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0520)
• 2024-02-12 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0519)
• 2024-02-12 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0521)
• 2024-02-13 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-15 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-08 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/10/2024
• 2024-04-08 Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 16, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-04-08 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0690) amendment-passage
• 2024-04-08 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-10 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-10 Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 3 (Amendment 1 - HA0690) passage
• 2024-04-11 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-12 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-01 Pub. Ch. 766

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac4d6243-7935-46ad-a714-741587587732. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).