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

HB 1770: Health Care - As enacted, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1770 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Health Care - As enacted, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9. Primary sponsor: Brock Martin (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 697.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brock MartinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse79

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 697
  2. Comp. SB subst.
  3. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026
  4. Sponsor(s) Added.
  5. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/19/2026
  6. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee
  8. Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2026
  9. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to Next Calendar
  10. Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
  11. Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
  12. P2C, ref. to Health Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source