# Tennessee HB 1242: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 56, relative to 340B entities.

Tennessee HB 1242, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 56, relative to 340B entities., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2025-05-13 (Comp. became Pub. Ch. 404) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1242
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 56, relative to 340B entities.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-05-13, Comp. became Pub. Ch. 404
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 25
- Subjects: Insurance, Health, Accident
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (60 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aftyn Behn (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bob Freeman (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: John Gillespie (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Yusuf Hakeem (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Hale (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Caleb Hemmer (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sabi 'Doc' Kumar (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Harold Love, Jr. (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Brock Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bo Mitchell (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Jerome Moon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Iris Rudder (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Scarbrough (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-16 | House | Haynes - HOUSE CALENDAR &amp; RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | House | Haynes - HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 27 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-09 | House | Haynes - HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Haynes - HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-26 | House | Haynes - INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-05-13: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 404
- 2025-04-16: Comp. SB subst. (House)
- 2025-04-16: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-04-15: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-14: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-14: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-04-09: Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-04-02: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-05: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/5/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-26: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee (House)
- 2025-02-26: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-25: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-20: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-19: Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/26/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-18: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-02-12: P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee (House)
- 2025-02-10: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0404.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1242.pdf)
- HA0055: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0055.pdf)
- HA0419: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0419.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1242.pdf)
- SA0233: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0233.pdf)
- SA0379: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0379.pdf)
- SA0408: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0408.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0404.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1242.pdf)
- [HA0055 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0055.pdf)
- [HA0419 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0419.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1242.pdf)
- [SA0233 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0233.pdf)
- [SA0379 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0379.pdf)
- [SA0408 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0408.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1242-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
