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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, specifies that, with regard to premium rates for health benefit plans subject to the Tennessee Small Employer Group Health Coverage Reform Act, self-insurer pools consisting of two or more member employers of the same trade or professional organization with at least 500 covered lives are not prohibited from using case characteristics, claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage since issue in determining initial or adjusted premium rates for employers pooling their liabilities. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 62 and Title 63."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, specifies that, with regard to premium rates for health benefit plans subject to the Tennessee Small Employer Group Health Coverage Reform Act, self-insurer pools consisting of two or more member employers of the same trade or professional organization with at least 500 covered lives are not prohibited from using case characteristics, claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage since issue in determining initial or adjusted premium rates for employers pooling their liabilities. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 62 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1044 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Accident"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "Travis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69431172-0f74-47b7-8758-565435b7fad7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1044&GA=111"
source_hash: "595cc57f80c45e11fcb05356db5b2ccdbb85b12bd980574cb21d4980e0120cb9"
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 1044 (111) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, specifies that, with regard to premium rates for health benefit plans subject to the Tennessee Small Employer Group Health Coverage Reform Act, self-insurer pools consisting of two or more member employers of the same trade or professional organization with at least 500 covered lives are not prohibited from using case characteristics, claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage since issue in determining initial or adjusted premium rates for employers pooling their liabilities. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 62 and Title 63.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0232.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0240.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1044.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — **880** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lundberg — primary (person)
- Travis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Assigned to s/c Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0240)
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-11** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0232) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 182
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 182
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69431172-0f74-47b7-8758-565435b7fad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).