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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 217
SENATE BILL NO. 1004
By Briggs, Hensley, Gardenhire
Substituted for: House Bill No. 990
By Terry, Helton-Haynes
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title
39; Title 40; Title 53; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-213(a), is amended by adding the
following as new subdivisions:
() "Inevitable abortion" means a dilation of the cervix prior to viability of the pregnancy,
either by preterm labor or cervical insufficiency;
( ) "Serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function":
(A) Means any medically diagnosed condition that so complicates the
pregnancy of a woman as to directly or indirectly cause the substantial and irreversible
impairment of a major bodily function;
(8) May include previable preterm premature rupture of membranes; inevitable
abortion; severe preeclampsia; mirror syndrome associated with fetal hydrops; and an
infection that can result in uterine rupture or loss of fertility; and
(C) Does not include any condition related to the woman's mental health;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1004
PASSED: April 16, 2025
RANDY M<I\IALLY
SPEAKER OF THE ~NATE
CAM~--·-_..;""'" EXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
f I APPROVED this 71:t- day of /\p(i 2025
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