Health Care - As enacted, specifies that standard medical practice does not involve prescribing hormone treatment for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors; prohibits a healthcare prescriber from prescribing a course of treatment that involves hormone treatment for gender dysphoric or gender incongruent prepubertal minors, except that a healthcare prescriber may prescribe a course of treatment that involves hormone treatments for prepubertal minors for diagnoses of growth deficiencies or other diagnoses unrelated to gender dysphoria or gender incongruency. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Jan 13, 2021
Signed May 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2021 · House May 3, 2021
How they voted
22–5
Passed
Total votes 27
Apr 8, 2021
D
Democratic5
100% Nay
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
19
Committee
18
Amendments
1
May 18, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
May 3, 2021
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0329)
upper
May 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 24, PNV 0
lower
Apr 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/27/2021
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0202)
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 6
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
lower
Mar 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
upper
Mar 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/31/2021
upper
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Ref. to Health Committee -- Government Operations for Review
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
Filed for introduction
lower
Jan 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
upper
Jan 14, 2021
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced
Filed for introduction
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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