---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, revises various professional regulatory provisions, including provisions regarding cosmetologists, home inspectors, and engineers. - Amends TCA Title 62."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, revises various professional regulatory provisions, including provisions regarding cosmetologists, home inspectors, and engineers. - Amends TCA Title 62."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1188"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1188 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17316d58-2ff9-4146-88cb-c6532513b066"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1188&GA=110"
source_hash: "f09e82fe9a3214193cf9f0a82e93287ab6211b88b3ad90588a8f07f1da4a3d6c"
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 1188 (110) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, revises various professional regulatory provisions, including provisions regarding cosmetologists, home inspectors, and engineers. - Amends TCA Title 62.

## 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/SB1188.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2017 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `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 Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0112)
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **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`
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0158) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 226
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017; 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 226

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17316d58-2ff9-4146-88cb-c6532513b066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).