---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to the regulation of licensed professional counselors, licensed marital and family therapists, and licensed clinical pastoral therapists. - Amends TCA Title 63."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to the regulation of licensed professional counselors, licensed marital and family therapists, and licensed clinical pastoral therapists. - Amends TCA Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2004"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2004 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3baab997-0128-49b9-a4f8-1454f2ba1442"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2004&GA=113"
source_hash: "4a3951d26f5a80f8cdd9cf61205c99c91461bb722cb4806ac4f6b1fce6d37971"
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 2004 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to the regulation of licensed professional counselors, licensed marital and family therapists, and licensed clinical pastoral therapists. - Amends TCA Title 63.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0855** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0855.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0843** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0843.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2004.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2024 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2024 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2024
- **2024-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0843)
- **2024-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-25** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0855) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-31** Pub. Ch. 1035

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3baab997-0128-49b9-a4f8-1454f2ba1442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).