republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/sb-955.md

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Bill	Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Medical Ethics Defense Act." - Amends TCA Title 63.	Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Medical Ethics Defense Act." - Amends TCA Title 63.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	SB 955	Tennessee SB 955 (114)	bill	Health Care	enacted	Haile	3	25	5	2025-02-05	2025-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/1bafd51c-d833-4bd5-a109-b43023bcf3e7	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0955&ga=114	076c06f02b88779eadf2e5d25769bd8419893cb1f0105dadfdf02e875d0713d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 955 (114) — Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Medical Ethics Defense Act." - Amends TCA Title 63.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0177 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0020 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed — 71–22 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 Passed (1) — 27–3 (pass) · upper
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/26/2025 Passed — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/14/2025 Passed — 25–6 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — 71–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Haile — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/26/2025
• 2025-02-26 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2025-02-26 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025
• 2025-03-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2025-03-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-06 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0020)
• 2025-03-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2025-04-07 Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 24, PNV 0 passage
• 2025-04-07 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0177) amendment-passage
• 2025-04-07 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2025-04-11 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/14/2025
• 2025-04-14 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-04-14 Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 6 (Amendment 1 - HA0177) passage
• 2025-04-16 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2025-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-04-21 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-04-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-04-29 Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
• 2025-04-29 Pub. Ch. 266

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bafd51c-d833-4bd5-a109-b43023bcf3e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).