---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, establishes circumstances under healthcare facilities and mental healthcare facilities may differentiate between licensed physicians based on a physician's maintenance of certification in medical staff privileging and credentialing; establishes other requirements in regard to maintenance of certification. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 68."
description: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, establishes circumstances under healthcare facilities and mental healthcare facilities may differentiate between licensed physicians based on a physician's maintenance of certification in medical staff privileging and credentialing; establishes other requirements in regard to maintenance of certification. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1824"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1824 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and Surgeons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cc03dba-93c7-49ad-bacd-a2f1e1b89369"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1824&GA=110"
source_hash: "6a80dee496281236515b04f0dead8bf10f9a0c86221fb6e4419aa80119f19c85"
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 1824 (110) — Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, establishes circumstances under healthcare facilities and mental healthcare facilities may differentiate between licensed physicians based on a physician's maintenance of certification in medical staff privileging and credentialing; establishes other requirements in regard to maintenance of certification. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 68.

## 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/SB1824.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/27/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/12/2018
- **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 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar 3/15/18
- **2018-03-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/19/18
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0759) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0645)
- **2018-03-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 694
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 694
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cc03dba-93c7-49ad-bacd-a2f1e1b89369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).