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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health Care - As enacted, authorizes a physician to perform stem cell therapy or regenerative medicine therapy that is not approved by the United States food and drug administration if such therapy is used for a treatment or procedure that is within the scope of practice of the physician; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
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description: "Health Care - As enacted, authorizes a physician to perform stem cell therapy or regenerative medicine therapy that is not approved by the United States food and drug administration if such therapy is used for a treatment or procedure that is within the scope of practice of the physician; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "HB 2246"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 2246 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Care"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hurt"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b48b20db-8f16-40f4-99da-84dba973753b"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2246&ga=114"
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source_hash: "bb4e0fbcc8267fc483ced63afb10244ee55bf22679fdf53fe269f8e2f95429d4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 2246 (114) — Health Care - As enacted, authorizes a physician to perform stem cell therapy or regenerative medicine therapy that is not approved by the United States food and drug administration if such therapy is used for a treatment or procedure that is within the scope of practice of the physician; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0940** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0940.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0975** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0975.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2246.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/31/2026 Passed (4) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2026 Passed (3) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (5) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hurt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
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- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/24/2026
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- **2026-03-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-24** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/31/2026
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- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/31/2026
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- **2026-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/6/2026
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- **2026-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
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- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
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- **2026-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0940) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0975)
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- **2026-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 07/01/2026
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- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1016
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b48b20db-8f16-40f4-99da-84dba973753b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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