Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1872: Healthcare Liability - As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity, and the person consented; or if the person was a minor at the time of the procedure, the person's parent, guardian, or representative consented due to an act of coercion by the professional. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 63 and Title 68.

In committee Last action April 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 794

Plain-language summary

HB 1872 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Healthcare Liability - As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity, and the person consented; or if the person was a minor at the time of the procedure, the person's parent, guardian, or representative consented due to an act of coercion by the professional. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 63 and Title 68. Primary sponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 794.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican).