# Tennessee SB 1580: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 47 and Title 63, relative to mental health. Tennessee SB 1580, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 47 and Title 63, relative to mental health., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1580-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1580 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 47 and Title 63, relative to mental health. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: Health Care - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (41 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New limits on AI mental health claims: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee bans public claims that AI systems are, or can act as, qualified mental health professionals. The ban applies to anyone who develops or deploys these systems. AI includes models and systems that perform tasks linked to human intelligence, such as reasoning and lear… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Reeves - Cosponsor: Jeff Yarbro (Democrat), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/9/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | Senate | SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-04-06: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-04-06: Pub. Ch. 647 - 2026-04-01: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-03-20: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-03-18: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-03-16: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-02-12: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-02-10: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-02-06: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/9/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/4/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-14: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1470.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1580.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to leaving the scene of an accident. (signed) - SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0647.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1470.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1580.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1602-2025-2026) - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026) - [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026) - [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026) - [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026) - [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-SB1580-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).