Tennessee Advocacy

Welcome to the National Vaccine Information Center Tennessee State Team page. This page, along with the email updates you will receive, will help keep you informed of what you can do in your state to help you protect and expand your rights to informed consent to vaccination.

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Action Needed Now

There are no active action alerts at this time, but please check back soon.

Bills to Watch

The following table lists the active bills of interest for all states.

State Bill Number Date Position Title Status
TN HB 1380/SB 1111 2023-03-22 SUPPORT Requires prior written, informed consent of parent or guardian before a minor can be vaccinated HB 1380 on the calendar for House Health Subcommittee 3/28/2023, SB 1111 amended and passed Senate Judiciary Committee 3/22/2023

Action: Contact House Health Subcommittee & Senate Judiciary Committee Members, your Representative, & Senator, ask to SUPPORT as amended in Senate Judiciary
TN HB 637/SB 1109 2023-03-20 OPPOSE Requires employers who mandate vaccination to provide religious belief exemptions/prohibits adverse actions against those using religious exemptions HB 637 has hearing in House Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcomm 3/21 @1:30 PM | SB 1109 failed in the Senate Commerce & Labor Committee on 3/20/2023

Action: Contact Members of House Banking Consumer Affairs Subcommittee, Senate Commerce & Labor Committee, your Representative, & Senator with concerns
TN HB 252/SB 644 2023-03-15 SUPPORT Exempts home school students from immunization requirements applicable to students attending nursery school, preschool, or K-12 SB 644 scheduled for hearing, Senate Education Committee 3/22/2023, 3:00pm, Senate Hearing Rm 1; HB 252 passed House 3/2/2023, transferred to Senate

Action: Contact Senate Education Committee Members & your Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TN HB 842/SB 369 2023-03-15 SUPPORT Removes requirement for livestock vaccines, allows mRNA vaccine-free meat labeling, removes Ag Commissioners authority to order livestock vaccines HB 842 deferred to summer study in Ag. & Nat. Resources SubCom 3/14/2023 |SB 369 scheduled hearing Senate Health & Welfare Committee on 3/15/2023, 3pm

Action: Contact Members on House Ag & Natural Resources, & Health Committee, Senate Health & Welfare Committee, your Representative & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TN SB 11/HB 2 2023-03-13 SUPPORT Removes expiration dates of July 1, 2023 on good, protective laws enacted concerning COVID-19 Transmitted to Governor Bill Lee on 3/13/2023

Action: Contact Governor Bill Lee, ask to SIGN SB 11
TN SB 2 2023-03-08 SUPPORT Removes expiration dates of July 1, 2023 on good, protective laws enacted concerning COVID-19 Not moving, see SB 11

Action: Contact Senate Health & Welfare Committee Members, your Senator & Representative, ask to SUPPORT
TN SB 88/HB 32 2023-02-14 SUPPORT Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding, or sale of any food that contains a vaccine unless conspicuously labeled HB 32 taken off House Agriculture & Natural Resources s/c calendar on 2/14/2023 | SB 88 referred to Senate Health & Welfare Comm on 1/20/2023

Action: Contact House Ag & Natural Resources Committee Members, Senate Health & Welfare Committee Members & your Legislators, ask to SUPPORT SB 88/HB 32
TN HB 377/ SB 585 2023-02-01 SUPPORT Establishes Patient Rights Act, includes sections to prohibit discrimination based on vaccination status by healthcare facilities & with transplants HB 377 referred to House Health Subcommittee on 2/1/2023, SB 585 passed 2nd consideration, referred to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee on 1/30/2023

Action: Contact House Health Committee Members, Senate Commerce and Labor Committee Members, your Representative & Senator, ask to SUPPORT
TN SB 99/HB 299 2023-01-30 SUPPORT Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding, or sale of meat that contains a mRNA vaccine or material unless conspicuously labeled SB 99 referred to Senate Health & Welfare Committee on 1/20/2023 | HB 299 died, it was withdrawn on 1/30/2023

Action: Contact Senate Health & Welfare Committee Members & your Legislators, ask to SUPPORT SB 99

Announcements

There are no announcements available at this time, but please check back soon.