2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB1226: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 68, relative to the world health organization.

Legislative Summary

As enacted, deletes all references to the world health organization; requires a pandemic to be declared by the federal centers for disease and prevention control, rather than the world health organization, with a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor for the governor to have exclusive jurisdiction to issue executive orders and directives related to the pandemic until the pandemic ceases to exist. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68.

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Bill History

2/6/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
P2C, ref. to Health Committee
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
House of Representatives
2/24/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/4/2025
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
House of Representatives
3/6/2025
H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/10/2025
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2025
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 69

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
3/4/2025
16
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee
2/26/2025
6
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED