# Tennessee HB 1205: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare services. Tennessee HB 1205, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare services., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-15 (Effective date(s) 05/07/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1205-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 1205 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to healthcare services. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2026-05-15, Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Physicians and Surgeons - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (130 yes, 22 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Doctors face limits on treating their families: mixed, low. Tennessee doctors and podiatrists may treat themselves or immediate family only for short-term, minor, acute, or emergency needs. This includes prescribing, dispensing, or giving medicine. They may also treat family within their usual practice when no other doctor or podiatrist offers care within 3… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-21 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026 | pass | 30 | 3 | | | 2025-04-15 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 | pass | 78 | 14 | | | 2025-04-14 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE | pass | 15 | 5 | | | 2025-03-19 | House | HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (40) - 2026-05-15: Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 - 2026-05-15: Pub. Ch. 935 - 2026-05-07: Signed by Governor. - 2026-05-06: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-05-05: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-27: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-04-21: Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 3 (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Amendment withdrawn (Amendment 2 - SA0439) (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Amendment withdrawn (Amendment 1 - SA0261) (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-01: Rerefer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/1/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Reset on Final calendar of Senate Health & Welfare Committee (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/18/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to final calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/18/2026 (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2025-04-15: Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 14, PNV 0 (House) - 2025-04-15: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0250) (House) - 2025-04-10: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 (House) - 2025-04-09: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025 (House) - 2025-04-03: Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/10/2025 (House) - 2025-04-02: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025 (House) - 2025-04-01: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-26: Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/1/2025 (House) - 2025-03-25: Action def. in Health Committee to 4/1/2025 (House) - 2025-03-19: Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/25/2025 (House) - 2025-03-19: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2025 (House) - 2025-02-12: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-12: P2C, ref. to Health Committee (House) - 2025-02-10: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0250, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0250.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0935.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1153.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1205.pdf) - SA0261: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0261.pdf) - SA0439: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0439.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (failed) - HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (failed) - HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (failed) - SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (failed) - SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1988; Chapter 204 of the Private Acts of 1990; and an… (failed) - SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026,… (signed) ## Sources - [HA0250 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0250.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0935.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1153.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1205.pdf) - [SA0261 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0261.pdf) - [SA0439 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0439.pdf) ## Related - [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026) - [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026) - [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026) - [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026) - [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026) - [SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2690-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1205-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).