---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, amends qualification and record-keeping requirements related to central service technicians. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, amends qualification and record-keeping requirements related to central service technicians. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1238"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1238 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lollar", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48c5de24-d343-4379-b837-e7e1dd665dd5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1238&GA=110"
source_hash: "6ab80bdb5059ec4b2fae949eedb6e33e9ad7ff4b1368e4066f77647d275676a7"
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 1238 (110) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, amends qualification and record-keeping requirements related to central service technicians. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239.

## 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/SB1238.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2017 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/6/2017 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lollar — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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`
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** 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 cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0180)
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0212) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 178
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 178

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48c5de24-d343-4379-b837-e7e1dd665dd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).