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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, allows a physician assistant to delegate medication administration to a certified medical assistant; adds categories of medications to the list of medications that a certified medical assistant is authorized to administer or prepare, and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Chapter 1042 of the Public Acts of 2024."
+description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, allows a physician assistant to delegate medication administration to a certified medical assistant; adds categories of medications to the list of medications that a certified medical assistant is authorized to administer or prepare, and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Chapter 1042 of the Public Acts of 2024."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "HB 2044"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2044 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marsh"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c8e4c40-d71d-4451-88dd-24c08a21bb0b"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2044&ga=114"
+source_hash: "7292f46ef26f61086544fe58b361008d98a395cb674e8c5f1a2eb5f3f783c9cc"
+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 2044 (114) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, allows a physician assistant to delegate medication administration to a certified medical assistant; adds categories of medications to the list of medications that a certified medical assistant is authorized to administer or prepare, and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Chapter 1042 of the Public Acts of 2024.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0595.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0596** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0596.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2044.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 3/12/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/3/2026 Passed — **24–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/18/2026 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2026 Passed (3) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marsh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2026-02-04** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** P2C, ref. to Health Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
+- **2026-02-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2026
+- **2026-03-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/9/2026
+- **2026-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
+- **2026-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026
+- **2026-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0596)
+- **2026-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2026-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2026-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2026-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0595) `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/13/2026
+- **2026-04-23** Pub. Ch. 755
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c8e4c40-d71d-4451-88dd-24c08a21bb0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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