Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed Senate 2 R cosponsors

SB 2246 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68, Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to certificates of need.

Last action — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

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

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 02, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 30% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

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

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, increases from 15 to 30 days, the time before the originally scheduled health facilities commission meeting at which an applicant's certificate of need application is to be heard by the commission by which a healthcare institution wishing to oppose such application must file written notice with the commission, and about which the applicant's published letter of intent in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed service area of the project must contain a statement of notice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68, Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  2. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2026

  3. Sponsor change.

  4. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  5. No Action Taken

  6. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/25/2026

  7. Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/25/2026

  8. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/18/2026

  9. Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  10. Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/17/2026

  11. Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  12. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/10/2026

  13. Ref. to Health Committee - Government Operations for Review

  14. Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee

  15. Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/10/2026

  16. Sponsor(s) Added.

  17. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026

  18. P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

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

  20. Intro., P1C.

  21. Filed for introduction

  22. Filed for introduction

  23. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (131)

131 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2246 do?
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, increases from 15 to 30 days, the time before the originally scheduled health facilities commission meeting at which an applicant's certificate of need application is to be heard by the commission by which a healthcare institution wishing to oppose such application must file written notice with the commission, and about which the applicant's published letter of intent in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed service area of the project must contain a statement of notice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68, Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024.
Who sponsors SB 2246?
SB 2246 is sponsored by Johnson, Jack (Republican) and Watson, Bo (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2246?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 02, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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