---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, establishes provisions governing licensure of engineers for certain persons with a master's degree from an approved institution who have passed Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. - Amends TCA Section 62-2-401."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, establishes provisions governing licensure of engineers for certain persons with a master's degree from an approved institution who have passed Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. - Amends TCA Section 62-2-401."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "Tennessee HB 597 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/452437b4-1836-4011-bf56-391a1450e730"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0597&GA=110"
source_hash: "d04e42f76ef7df0d40ce12466f89bdc8043a46743b47aaf9c612c18011f32221"
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 597 (110) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, establishes provisions governing licensure of engineers for certain persons with a master's degree from an approved institution who have passed Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. - Amends TCA Section 62-2-401.

## 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/HB0597.pdf)

## Votes

- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/28/2017 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/25/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/19/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelsey — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor change.
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Commerce & Labor Comm. 3/21/17
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/3/17
- **2017-04-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0151)
- **2017-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0327) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 348
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 348
- **2017-05-22** 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/452437b4-1836-4011-bf56-391a1450e730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).