republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2109.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to collaborate with the bureau of TennCare in order to study existing doula certification programs; requires that a report on the study be provided to the members of the general assembly and to the legislative librarian by December 31, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71."
description: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to collaborate with the bureau of TennCare in order to study existing doula certification programs; requires that a report on the study be provided to the members of the general assembly and to the legislative librarian by December 31, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2109"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2109 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamar", "Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8e0be02-202b-4c8f-9a0a-b903ee7c130e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2109&GA=112"
source_hash: "577ccafc63c92e82e9738bf16b7600d01cfdf20315b08e1852ac1900c14611af"
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 2109 (112) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to collaborate with the bureau of TennCare in order to study existing doula certification programs; requires that a report on the study be provided to the members of the general assembly and to the legislative librarian by December 31, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0755** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0755.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0677** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0677.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2109.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 1 by Bailey 3/28/2022 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/15/2022 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **77–13** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Health Committee 3/22/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamar — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee -- Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor change.
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-18** Sponsor change.
- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0677)
- **2022-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 13, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0755) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1108
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1108

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8e0be02-202b-4c8f-9a0a-b903ee7c130e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).