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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a property and casualty insurer that has a specified medical expense benefit payable without regard to fault, and that does not permit assignment of the benefit, establish a process to disburse funds in the names of the insured and the healthcare provider as joint payees. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a property and casualty insurer that has a specified medical expense benefit payable without regard to fault, and that does not permit assignment of the benefit, establish a process to disburse funds in the names of the insured and the healthcare provider as joint payees. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 146"
citation: "Tennessee HB 146 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398d7dea-abe1-4295-9c4d-f6288f9ef3b4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0146&GA=111"
source_hash: "6afeafc34843e1652e044a8462a3d7b66f62b9eea04782f092ee53522b72c95c"
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 146 (111) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a property and casualty insurer that has a specified medical expense benefit payable without regard to fault, and that does not permit assignment of the benefit, establish a process to disburse funds in the names of the insured and the healthcare provider as joint payees. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.
## 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/111/Bill/HB0146.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/5/2019 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PROPERTY & CASUALTY SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 2/26/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gant — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Property & Casualty Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Property & Casualty Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Action Def. in s/c Property & Casualty Subcommittee to 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Property & Casualty Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-08** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 62
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 62
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 03/28/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398d7dea-abe1-4295-9c4d-f6288f9ef3b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).