republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the \"Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act\" or the \"PSA Screening for HIM Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the \"Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act\" or the \"PSA Screening for HIM Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2954"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2954 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accident", "Health", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardaway"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d402173a-a53c-4eb7-963d-bdeb293d4d18"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2954&GA=113"
source_hash: "979c76511785258541ab2bc9aa34dbcbd18e3a8a78a70c3974531de5d85fb59a"
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 2954 (113) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act" or the "PSA Screening for HIM Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0738** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0738.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0737** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0737.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA1029** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA1029.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2954.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/19/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/12/2024 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2024 4/4/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/23/2024 Passed — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hardaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/2/2024
- **2024-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2024
- **2024-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2024
- **2024-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-08** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2024-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0738) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0737)
- **2024-04-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1029)
- **2024-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-23** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 94, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-29** Pub. Ch. 1003

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d402173a-a53c-4eb7-963d-bdeb293d4d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).