Votes at a glance: Key bills passed by Tennessee House on April 17, 2025

The Tennessee House completed final action on a number of bills on April 17, 2025. Below are short summaries of items taken up on the floor with their outcomes as recorded in the House transcript.

Votes at a glance (bill — short description — floor outcome)

- Senate Bill 13-89 (substitute for House Bill 638) — prevents health-care discrimination based on vaccine choice for TennCare patients; amendments added for transplant/oncology/immunocompromised exemptions — Passed on third consideration.

- Senate Bill 233 (substitute for House Bill 634) — creates the conservatorship management task force to review protections for vulnerable individuals in the conservatorship program — Passed on third consideration (Chairman Clemens sponsor).

- Senate Bill 931 (substitute for House Bill 804; lab-grown protein labeling) — requires companies producing cell-culture proteins to obtain a Department of Agriculture permit and prohibits labeling lab-grown products as "meat"; $1,000 fine per violation — Passed on third consideration (Chairman Grills sponsor).

- Senate Bill 644 (substitute for House Bill 865; nursing program expansion) — allows qualified high-school students who meet requirements to begin hands-on nursing training before senior year to help address nursing shortages — Passed on third consideration (Representative Hicks sponsor).

- Senate Bill 90 (substitute for House Bill 869; lab test APIs and federal CMS alignment) — aligns…