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Tennessee House · Mar 24, 2026

HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (1)

Result: pass

HB 1943: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, prohibits a hospital emergency department, including a satellite emergency department, from denying to a woman who presents at such facility and purports or, if incapacitated, appears to be pregnant and experiencing active labor, other symptoms associated with active labor, or an emergency medical condition, an appropriate medical screening examination within the capability of the emergency department, including ancillary services routinely available to the emergency department, to determine whether or not an emergency medical condition or active labor exists; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

Totals

YeaNot votingNay
Democratic500
Republican850
Total1350

Party rows count only voters matched to a legislator.

All voters

LegislatorPosition
Shaundelle Brooks(Democratic)Yea
Kip Capley(Republican)Not voting
John Clemmons(Democratic)Yea
John Gillespie(Republican)Yea
Esther Helton-Haynes(Republican)Yea
Caleb Hemmer(Democratic)Yea
Gary Hicks(Republican)Yea
Tim Hicks(Republican)Yea
Timothy Hill(Republican)Not voting
Tom Leatherwood(Republican)Not voting
Susan Lynn(Republican)Yea
Sam McKenzie(Democratic)Yea
Bo Mitchell(Democratic)Yea
Iris Rudder(Republican)Yea
Paul Sherrell(Republican)Not voting
Bryan Terry(Republican)Not voting
Mark White(Republican)Yea
Ryan Williams(Republican)Yea