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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Wellness Law.\" - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Wellness Law.\" - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 734"
citation: "Tennessee SB 734 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/010c7d2a-447c-43f3-beab-f5c70c9a46d6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0734&GA=113"
source_hash: "8ffbb3247e16f7c98793ff43a7fc3afa4ef44655bf3c7020f4f54a5d703309cb"
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 SB 734 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Wellness Law." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0772** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0772.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0623** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0623.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0734.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — **931** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2024 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/5/2024 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2024 Passed — **290** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2023
- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2023-03-14** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/5/2024
- **2024-02-27** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2024
- **2024-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0623)
- **2024-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0772) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-19** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2024
- **2024-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0772) `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/06/2024, 01/01/2025
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 924
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/010c7d2a-447c-43f3-beab-f5c70c9a46d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).