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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, prohibits healthcare entities from taking certain actions in regard to transplants, such as refusing to place an individual on an organ waiting list, solely on the basis of whether an individual has received or will receive a COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, prohibits healthcare entities from taking certain actions in regard to transplants, such as refusing to place an individual on an organ waiting list, solely on the basis of whether an individual has received or will receive a COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 702"
citation: "Tennessee HB 702 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff15f7b5-d8fc-4717-bfd7-0bd359342384"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0702&GA=112"
source_hash: "a0514fbb05f9f2f5edc1976ad0b74a1fa01fca034042f7c391886ba410f5ee3e"
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 702 (112) — Health Care - As enacted, prohibits healthcare entities from taking certain actions in regard to transplants, such as refusing to place an individual on an organ waiting list, solely on the basis of whether an individual has received or will receive a COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0701** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0701.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0591** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0591.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0638** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0638.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0702.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/8/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **6819** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (3) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **257** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor change.
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. H&W Comm. 3/9/22
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2022-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 7 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0638)
- **2022-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0591)
- **2022-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 68, Nays 19, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0701) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 769
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 05/15/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 769
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff15f7b5-d8fc-4717-bfd7-0bd359342384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).