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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Interstate Compacts - As enacted, enacts the \"Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact\" and the \"Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.\" - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63."
+description: "Interstate Compacts - As enacted, enacts the \"Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact\" and the \"Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.\" - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HB 2561"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2561 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Interstate Compacts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Terry", "Watson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2022-01-20"
+last_action: "2022-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17301a9-edd3-405f-9f68-fbda076fade3"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2561&GA=112"
+source_hash: "fcc2f5dffc1875bbc93177eeb4285211b473f042faa58d256c5cc64eb4058eba"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 2561 (112) — Interstate Compacts - As enacted, enacts the "Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact" and the "Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0548** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0548.pdf)
+2. **Amendment HA0563** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0563.pdf)
+3. **Amendment SA0762** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0762.pdf)
+4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2561.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/15/2022 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/28/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 2/23/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/23/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Terry — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-01-26** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
+- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-03** P1C.
+- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
+- **2022-02-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/23/2022
+- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/28/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/2/2022
+- **2022-02-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to next calendar
+- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
+- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
+- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2022-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-03-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0563) `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0548) `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
+- **2022-03-31** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-31** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0762)
+- **2022-03-31** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-03-31** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-04-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022
+- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 839
+- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 839
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d17301a9-edd3-405f-9f68-fbda076fade3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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