---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, creates the professional art therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to regulate the practice of art therapy. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 63."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, creates the professional art therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to regulate the practice of art therapy. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Tennessee SB 101 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6da36ee-d368-4004-a92c-0bf3dddc17eb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0101&GA=112"
source_hash: "5269157a6bdb0295d52aa580107e6197470cef31a395e949e4d4e6ed6195aa96"
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 101 (112) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, creates the professional art therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to regulate the practice of art therapy. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 63.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0012** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0012.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0013** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0013.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0018.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0050** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0050.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0101.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/10/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations 3/3/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2021 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed — **81–7** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: 2/23/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2021 Passed — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 2 2/24/2021 Passed — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)
- Ramsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2021-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/17/2021
- **2021-02-10** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/16/2021
- **2021-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-16** Meeting Canceled
- **2021-02-17** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/24/2021
- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/23/2021
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 2
- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0050)
- **2021-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0018)
- **2021-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0013) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0012) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/20/2021, 07/01/2022
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 160
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 160

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6da36ee-d368-4004-a92c-0bf3dddc17eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).