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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, generally requires a group policy in this state that provides hospital, surgical, or major medical expense insurance on an expense incurred basis to an employee or member to extend such policy coverage for a period of time when the employee or member has been terminated if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 56."
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description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, generally requires a group policy in this state that provides hospital, surgical, or major medical expense insurance on an expense incurred basis to an employee or member to extend such policy coverage for a period of time when the employee or member has been terminated if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 56."
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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 705"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 705 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agents", "Brokers", "Insurance Companies", "Policies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gant"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-03"
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last_action: "2026-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5ecbfe3-c323-4f7a-9e95-a48282cd78ef"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0705&ga=114"
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source_hash: "1fdd38c43901b3b8faa2e70e0e2abe8c22131831cd756bba85d5ee240c8f5b48"
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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 705 (114) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, generally requires a group policy in this state that provides hospital, surgical, or major medical expense insurance on an expense incurred basis to an employee or member to extend such policy coverage for a period of time when the employee or member has been terminated if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 56.
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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 HA0828** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0828.pdf)
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2. **Amendment HA0829** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0829.pdf)
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3. **Amendment SA1009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1009.pdf)
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4. **Amendment SA1010** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1010.pdf)
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5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0705.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026 4/14/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2026 Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2026 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
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- INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 3/11/2026 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (4) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gant — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
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- **2026-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-02-27** Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/17/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-17** Action def. in Insurance Committee to 3/24/2026
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- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/24/2026
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- **2026-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-24** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
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- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/7/2026
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- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Action def. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/14/2026
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- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2026
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- **2026-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026
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- **2026-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026
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- **2026-04-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0829) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0828) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1010)
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- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1009)
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- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-04-28** 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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- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/07/2026, 07/01/2026
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- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 931
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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/b5ecbfe3-c323-4f7a-9e95-a48282cd78ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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