Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 0440 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, relative to excepted benefits exemptions.

Last action — Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 28, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Bill Lee (Republican) on April 07, 2025.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, clarifies that excepted benefits are not part of a requirement to provide coverage for a specific person, provider, treatment, service, condition, or disease, unless coverage of such excepted benefits is expressly required by law. - Amends TCA Title 56.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee

  5. Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  7. Sponsor change.

  8. Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  9. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee

  10. Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/19/2025

  11. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  12. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025

  13. H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/31/2025

  14. Objected to on Consent Calendar.

  15. H. Placed on Regular Calendar 4/3/2025

  16. Comp. SB subst.

  17. Sponsor(s) Added.

  18. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 210

  19. Filed for introduction

  20. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  21. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  22. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/11/2025

  23. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  24. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025

  25. Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0

  26. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  27. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  28. Subst. for comp. HB.

  29. Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1

  30. Enrolled and ready for signatures

  31. Signed by Senate Speaker

  32. Signed by H. Speaker

  33. Transmitted to Governor for action.

  34. Signed by Governor.

  35. Pub. Ch. 210

  36. Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0440 do?
Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, clarifies that excepted benefits are not part of a requirement to provide coverage for a specific person, provider, treatment, service, condition, or disease, unless coverage of such excepted benefits is expressly required by law. - Amends TCA Title 56.
Who sponsors SB 0440?
SB 0440 is sponsored by Walley, Page (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0440?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 28, 2025. Enacted.
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