---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, requires persons working with certain electrical equipment to meet certain requirements; makes that electrical equipment subject to inspection by a state-certified electrical inspector; prohibits liability against certain electric systems arising from those persons working with that electrical equipment; requires that copies of the national standards be available for public viewing. - Amends TCA Section 68-101-104."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, requires persons working with certain electrical equipment to meet certain requirements; makes that electrical equipment subject to inspection by a state-certified electrical inspector; prohibits liability against certain electric systems arising from those persons working with that electrical equipment; requires that copies of the national standards be available for public viewing. - Amends TCA Section 68-101-104."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Tennessee HB 252 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hazlewood", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c122f519-857b-40db-b8c7-5a0904ce97ea"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0252&GA=112"
source_hash: "6a126fda5a475251637e95f491035d19918b2c2af69e3526b7e133fa6645cf10"
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 (112) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, requires persons working with certain electrical equipment to meet certain requirements; makes that electrical equipment subject to inspection by a state-certified electrical inspector; prohibits liability against certain electric systems arising from those persons working with that electrical equipment; requires that copies of the national standards be available for public viewing. - Amends TCA Section 68-101-104.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0252.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/23/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/11/2021 Passed (1) — **85–5** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/24/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/8/2021 3/4/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hazlewood — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/17/2021
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/24/2021
- **2021-02-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/4/2021
- **2021-03-04** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/8/2021
- **2021-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/21
- **2021-03-08** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2021-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-11** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-03-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-03-31** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/20/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 177
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 177

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c122f519-857b-40db-b8c7-5a0904ce97ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).