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Tennessee bills · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)

Tennessee HB 1226

Infectious Diseases - As enacted, deletes all references to the world health organization; requires a pandemic to be declared by the federal centers for disease and prevention control, rather than the world health organization, with a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor for the governor to have exclusive jurisdiction to issue executive orders and directives related to the pandemic until the pandemic ceases to exist. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Latest action(Apr 8, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 69

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State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 10, 2025
House		HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (1)failSet your home in Tennessee to see
Mar 4, 2025
House		HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (2)passSet your home in Tennessee to see
Feb 26, 2025
House		HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/26/2025 Passed (3)passSet your home in Tennessee to see

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