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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, revises various provisions governing pharmacy benefits and pharmacy benefits managers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, revises various provisions governing pharmacy benefits and pharmacy benefits managers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1617"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1617 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton", "Reeves"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f0b1720-c14a-448b-9456-5866e945d83a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1617&GA=112"
source_hash: "110d443606607bc4f681810fe2fd58efc8ac6c1e51695b9e7b6f87fc949b0b32"
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 SB 1617 (112) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, revises various provisions governing pharmacy benefits and pharmacy benefits managers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0229.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0458** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0458.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0124.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0440.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1617.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/23/2021 Passed — **72** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **284** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **881** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/30/2021 (6) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 3 PNV 0 5/3/2021 Passed — **83** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/6/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Helton — primary (person)
- Reeves — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0124)
- **2021-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0440)
- **2021-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0229) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0458) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 569
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021, 01/01/2022
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 569
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f0b1720-c14a-448b-9456-5866e945d83a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).