---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, makes various changes to laws regulating physician assistants. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 38; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, makes various changes to laws regulating physician assistants. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 38; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 671"
citation: "Tennessee SB 671 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Sexton J"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 66
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c905ce6-e873-487d-aff4-943346e174fc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0671&GA=112"
source_hash: "26ca1871bcd0a9612adc847a8a5638eabe8e615d3dc6c7d87f63674a5728138a"
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 671 (112) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, makes various changes to laws regulating physician assistants. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 38; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0330** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0330.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0410** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0410.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0183** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0183.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0198** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0198.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0262** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0262.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0671.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/30/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/31/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/6/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/14/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Sexton J — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-29** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Health & Welfare Committee 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/5/2021
- **2021-05-04** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/5/2021
- **2021-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0410) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0330) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0262)
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0198)
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0183)
- **2021-05-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 565
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 565

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c905ce6-e873-487d-aff4-943346e174fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).