---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, requires agencies to ensure the provision of appropriate accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if the agency requires a person applying for a license to engage in an occupation, trade, or profession in this state to take an examination; not applicable to an examination mandated and administered pursuant to federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4."
description: "State Government - As enacted, requires agencies to ensure the provision of appropriate accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if the agency requires a person applying for a license to engage in an occupation, trade, or profession in this state to take an examination; not applicable to an examination mandated and administered pursuant to federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Tennessee HB 252 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freeman", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f47bdbd9-10b4-463d-8d5b-0e9a4c70ef26"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0252&GA=111"
source_hash: "1517e6d04a667fdcbc16b74b61643d83e1a4e6401e68d1162e30ac154ab8fcd6"
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 252 (111) — State Government - As enacted, requires agencies to ensure the provision of appropriate accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if the agency requires a person applying for a license to engage in an occupation, trade, or profession in this state to take an examination; not applicable to an examination mandated and administered pursuant to federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0246.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0289.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0290.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0252.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/2/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/20/2019 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Freeman — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to State Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in State Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0246) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0290)
- **2019-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0289)
- **2019-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 243
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 05/02/2019; 07/01/2020
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 243

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f47bdbd9-10b4-463d-8d5b-0e9a4c70ef26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).