---
type: "Bill"
title: "Welfare - As enacted, expands the licensure requirement for adult day care providers to include those who provide service to five or more, instead of 10 or more, adult recipients. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Welfare - As enacted, expands the licensure requirement for adult day care providers to include those who provide service to five or more, instead of 10 or more, adult recipients. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "Tennessee HB 593 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91154831-9a72-4af6-b953-74c00e98f5d1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0593&GA=110"
source_hash: "44c62a990b18a457cd3fc3b621d387e3a8902ba3ef6be59c4aac0200f1eaba63"
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 593 (110) — Welfare - As enacted, expands the licensure requirement for adult day care providers to include those who provide service to five or more, instead of 10 or more, adult recipients. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12; Title 49; Title 68 and 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/HB0593.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017 4/13/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/22/2017 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-18** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee, pursuant to Rule 31
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0214) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0261)
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 276
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 276
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91154831-9a72-4af6-b953-74c00e98f5d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).