---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, clarifies that an international medical school graduate applying to practice medicine must provide evidence of satisfactory completion of a three-year post-graduate training program instead of providing evidence of satisfactory completion of a three-year residency program - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, clarifies that an international medical school graduate applying to practice medicine must provide evidence of satisfactory completion of a three-year post-graduate training program instead of providing evidence of satisfactory completion of a three-year residency program - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2485"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2485 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Kumar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c00337-de1a-4855-9e22-af3e8fef56f8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2485&GA=112"
source_hash: "468af85467145274b326b560edb44f514781b546743789a29c24de47e54c89df"
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 2485 (112) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, clarifies that an international medical school graduate applying to practice medicine must provide evidence of satisfactory completion of a three-year post-graduate training program instead of providing evidence of satisfactory completion of a three-year residency program - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2.

## 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/SB2485.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/14/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Kumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor change.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/24/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 747
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 747

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67c00337-de1a-4855-9e22-af3e8fef56f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).