---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senior Citizens - As enacted, exempts certain religious organizations and religious institutions that provide limited respite care services programs from licensure for providing adult day care. - Amends TCA Title 71."
description: "Senior Citizens - As enacted, exempts certain religious organizations and religious institutions that provide limited respite care services programs from licensure for providing adult day care. - Amends TCA Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1498"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1498 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Senior Citizens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a3222c4-7a4c-41a4-bba7-219b8000f6cd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1498&GA=110"
source_hash: "18b4c05bf05cae5cc30852fe4b21a15f3ed1805762dbdcf9c6b45a62c8281a52"
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 HB 1498 (110) — Senior Citizens - As enacted, exempts certain religious organizations and religious institutions that provide limited respite care services programs from licensure for providing adult day care. - Amends TCA Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1498.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/28/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2018 3/8/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0619)
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0764) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0763) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0764) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 607
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 607
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 04/02/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a3222c4-7a4c-41a4-bba7-219b8000f6cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).