# Tennessee HB 1836: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68 and Title 71, relative to TennCare.

Tennessee HB 1836, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68 and Title 71, relative to TennCare., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-04-15 (Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1836
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68 and Title 71, relative to TennCare.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-04-15, Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: TennCare
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (23 yes, 0 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: Fred Atchley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aftyn Behn (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Faison (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Timothy Hill (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly Keisling (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brock Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-03 | House | HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE | pass | 17 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | House | HOUSE TENNCARE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-04-15: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2026-04-08: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Placed behind the budget (House)
- 2026-03-18: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/25/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-03-06: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-03-04: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-03-03: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-03-03: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2026-03-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-02-25: Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/3/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-17: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee (House)
- 2026-02-11: Placed on s/c cal Tenncare Subcommittee for 2/17/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-11: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-02-02: Assigned to s/c Tenncare Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-02-02: P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee (House)
- 2026-01-22: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2026-01-21: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1805.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1836.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1805.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1836.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1836-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).