Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2535.md
T
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

116 lines
6.6 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires nursing homes and assisted-care living facilities to permit at least one family member or resident representative who meets certain conditions to visit a resident of the facility during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
description: "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires nursing homes and assisted-care living facilities to permit at least one family member or resident representative who meets certain conditions to visit a resident of the facility during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2535"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2535 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals and Health Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Crowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1476489-5c13-4148-9a76-ca98c2ddb616"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2535&GA=112"
source_hash: "4edf472e91f6657cd34ad50c486a63e9c2cdf2b8ed556d29e6dc0e0f5adcee04"
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 2535 (112) — Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires nursing homes and assisted-care living facilities to permit at least one family member or resident representative who meets certain conditions to visit a resident of the facility during end-of-life situations if a disaster, emergency, or public health emergency for COVID-19 has been declared. - Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0890** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0890.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0621** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0621.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2535.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **900** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — **70** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alexander — primary (person)
- Crowe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor change.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** No Action Taken
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0621)
- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0890) `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. 1123
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1123
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1476489-5c13-4148-9a76-ca98c2ddb616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).