---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to reinstating certificates of registration for professional master barbers, barber instructors, and technicians, and licenses of cosmetologists, manicurists, aestheticians, and natural hair stylists. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to reinstating certificates of registration for professional master barbers, barber instructors, and technicians, and licenses of cosmetologists, manicurists, aestheticians, and natural hair stylists. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1247"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1247 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9565ffdc-b740-45ba-8c00-78978f5a1cf7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1247&GA=113"
source_hash: "5024d88aabb3048ea81da685b673a74afcbc568e076807c1d69d799943ae483b"
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 1247 (113) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to reinstating certificates of registration for professional master barbers, barber instructors, and technicians, and licenses of cosmetologists, manicurists, aestheticians, and natural hair stylists. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0268** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0268.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0031** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0031.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1247.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **85–8** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2023 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/2/2023
- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2023
- **2023-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0031)
- **2023-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0268) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/24/2023, 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-04** Pub. Ch. 208

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9565ffdc-b740-45ba-8c00-78978f5a1cf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).