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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterinarians - As enacted, authorizes members of the board of veterinary medical examiners to be reappointed for successive terms; clarifies the definition of \"veterinary facility\" to be a building, place, or mobile unit from which the practice of veterinary medicine is conducted. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 12 and Title 68, Chapter 8."
+description: "Veterinarians - As enacted, authorizes members of the board of veterinary medical examiners to be reappointed for successive terms; clarifies the definition of \"veterinary facility\" to be a building, place, or mobile unit from which the practice of veterinary medicine is conducted. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 12 and Title 68, Chapter 8."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 257"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 257 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Veterinarians"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Halford"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-01-15"
+last_action: "2022-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9f4ba85-66b8-4f70-87f1-2938333430eb"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0257&GA=112"
+source_hash: "c9eda89f9afdfa7fc401f2f7afd3c76c616a91ae27e755c537e95cc2968e3d12"
+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 SB 257 (112) — Veterinarians - As enacted, authorizes members of the board of veterinary medical examiners to be reappointed for successive terms; clarifies the definition of "veterinary facility" to be a building, place, or mobile unit from which the practice of veterinary medicine is conducted. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 12 and Title 68, Chapter 8.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment SA0758** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0758.pdf)
+2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0257.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/8/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed — **87–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/7/2022 Passed — **82–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2022 Passed — **31–0** (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 (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haile — primary (person)
+- Halford — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-15** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
+- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
+- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to next calendar
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/16/2022
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
+- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
+- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/28/2022
+- **2022-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2022
+- **2022-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/31/2022
+- **2022-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-03-31** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-03-31** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-31** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0758)
+- **2022-03-31** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-04** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/7/22
+- **2022-04-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-04-07** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 82, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0213
+- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 926
+- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
+- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 926
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9f4ba85-66b8-4f70-87f1-2938333430eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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