# Tennessee SB 2070: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71, relative to healthcare provider reimbursement.

Tennessee SB 2070, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71, relative to healthcare provider reimbursement., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-01 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 2070
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71, relative to healthcare provider reimbursement.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-05-01, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Insurance, Health, Accident
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (149 yes, 12 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- No insurer penalties for providers with vaccine-exempt patients: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, health insurers in Tennessee must leave documented vaccine‑exempt patients out of your vaccination rate and any vaccine-based quality metric. They cannot count those patients in denominators used for scores, bonuses, or payment tiers. They cannot drop you from a network, cut…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bobby Harshbarger (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joey Hensley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark Pody (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stevens
- Cosponsor: Page Walley (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-02 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/2/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-30 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 | pass | 80 | 12 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/26/2026 | pass | 29 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (29)

- 2026-05-01: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- 2026-05-01: Pub. Ch. 797
- 2026-04-21: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-10: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-06: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-06: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0832) (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/2/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 12, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-03-30: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0832) (House)
- 2026-03-30: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0831) (House)
- 2026-03-30: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-03-26: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0579) (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Senate Reset on calendar for 3/26/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- HA0832, 2026-03-30: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0832.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0797.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2070.pdf)
- HA0831: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0831.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2070.pdf)
- SA0579: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0579.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0832 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0832.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0797.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2070.pdf)
- [HA0831 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0831.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2070.pdf)
- [SA0579 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0579.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2070-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).