Tennessee bills · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)
Tennessee SB 2031
Healthcare Liability - As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity, and the person consented; or if the person was a minor at the time of the procedure, the person's parent, guardian, or representative consented due to an act of coercion by the professional. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 63 and Title 68.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Lowe (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Apr 28, 2026): Pub. Ch. 794
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2026 Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/6/2026 Passed (1) | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
| Apr 2, 2026 House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (1) | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
| Apr 2, 2026 House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
| Mar 23, 2026 Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/23/2026 Passed (2) | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
| Mar 10, 2026 Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/10/2026 Passed | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
Actions
- Apr 28, 2026 · House
Pub. Ch. 794 - Apr 28, 2026 · House
Effective date(s) 04/23/2026 - Apr 23, 2026 · House
Signed by Governor. - Apr 15, 2026 · House
Transmitted to Governor for action. - Apr 14, 2026 · House
Signed by H. Speaker - Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
Signed by Senate Speaker - Apr 8, 2026 · House
Enrolled and ready for signatures - Apr 6, 2026 · Senate
Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 5 (Amendment 1 - HA0752) - Apr 2, 2026 · House
Subst. for comp. HB. - Apr 2, 2026 · House
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0752) - Apr 2, 2026 · House
Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 19, PNV 0 - Apr 2, 2026 · House
Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/6/2026 - Mar 26, 2026 · House
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - Mar 23, 2026 · House
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0639) - Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 5, PNV 4 - Mar 23, 2026 · House
Sponsor(s) Added. - Mar 23, 2026 · House
Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - Mar 20, 2026 · House
Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026 - Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 - Mar 10, 2026 · House
Sponsor(s) Added. - Mar 9, 2026 · House
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026 - Mar 9, 2026 · House
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/10/2026 - Mar 4, 2026 · House
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2026 - Feb 24, 2026 · House
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/10/2026 - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026 - Feb 5, 2026 · Senate
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee - Feb 2, 2026 · House
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration - Jan 22, 2026 · House
Filed for introduction