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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, requires comprehensive stroke centers and primary stroke centers, and encourages other hospitals, to report data on individuals with confirmed stroke to the ETSU College of Public Health on a quarterly basis. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, requires comprehensive stroke centers and primary stroke centers, and encourages other hospitals, to report data on individuals with confirmed stroke to the ETSU College of Public Health on a quarterly basis. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "Tennessee SB 544 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8286cd3d-08c4-499c-bf84-d49ca448906a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0544&GA=110"
source_hash: "c8a55ba49f2718a01ed3440bcfa0b422976afdc79af4389bc62a25b2494110b1"
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 544 (110) — Public Health - As enacted, requires comprehensive stroke centers and primary stroke centers, and encourages other hospitals, to report data on individuals with confirmed stroke to the ETSU College of Public Health on a quarterly basis. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0544.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/27/2017 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/22/2017 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ketron — primary (person)
- Ramsey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-27** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 5
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/15/2017
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 5
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8286cd3d-08c4-499c-bf84-d49ca448906a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).