---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, makes various changes affecting certain professional boards and professions, including court reporters, motor vehicle dealers, barbers, certain apprentices, scrap metal dealers, locksmiths, and other professions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 20; Title 47; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 68."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, makes various changes affecting certain professional boards and professions, including court reporters, motor vehicle dealers, barbers, certain apprentices, scrap metal dealers, locksmiths, and other professions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 20; Title 47; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 771"
citation: "Tennessee SB 771 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb80a01-e7c5-4893-ad48-567c9a8ef858"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0771&GA=112"
source_hash: "fba6a106153231a129ba080ec076bbcc7a9c8d6cecf43c26ebe579cbc5693307"
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 771 (112) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, makes various changes affecting certain professional boards and professions, including court reporters, motor vehicle dealers, barbers, certain apprentices, scrap metal dealers, locksmiths, and other professions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 20; Title 47; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0053** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0053.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0408** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0408.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0771.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: 4/21/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/10/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/27/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-21** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0408)
- **2021-04-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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`
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0053) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021, 10/01/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 549
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 549

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acb80a01-e7c5-4893-ad48-567c9a8ef858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).