---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, enacts the \"Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.\" - Amends TCA Title 63."
description: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, enacts the \"Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.\" - Amends TCA Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 595"
citation: "Tennessee SB 595 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and Surgeons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill M", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5b55d35-cf46-46b6-908c-0763f218a8d1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0595&GA=110"
source_hash: "5f7fb4bc5220734383ca1c1cc271dd4d425b4f04b8eeb67d9501ebb1e5aad537"
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 595 (110) — Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, enacts the "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact." - Amends TCA Title 63.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0595.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/22/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/2/2017 Passed (1) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/5/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill M — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 5-2-17
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0098) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0032)
- **2017-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 365
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 365
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5b55d35-cf46-46b6-908c-0763f218a8d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).