--- type: "Bill" title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, gives licensing authorities discretion whether or not to suspend, deny, or revoke a license based on the applicant or licensee having defaulted or become delinquent on student loan repayment, if the licensing authority determines that the default or delinquency is the result of a medical hardship that prevented the person from working in the person's licensed field and the medical hardship significantly contributed to the default or delinquency. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 23; Title 49; Title 56 and Title 63." description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, gives licensing authorities discretion whether or not to suspend, deny, or revoke a license based on the applicant or licensee having defaulted or become delinquent on student loan repayment, if the licensing authority determines that the default or delinquency is the result of a medical hardship that prevented the person from working in the person's licensed field and the medical hardship significantly contributed to the default or delinquency. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 23; Title 49; Title 56 and Title 63." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 2306" citation: "Tennessee SB 2306 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Lollar"] version_count: 1 action_count: 49 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2018-02-01" last_action: "2018-04-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09cd7683-467a-4b0b-a36a-41ff7dc32a69" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2306&GA=110" source_hash: "24f37fee46af29e05af83ea4e3c71cb015dc4486e762eaacb6b2cdbd4e81823c" 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 2306 (110) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, gives licensing authorities discretion whether or not to suspend, deny, or revoke a license based on the applicant or licensee having defaulted or become delinquent on student loan repayment, if the licensing authority determines that the default or delinquency is the result of a medical hardship that prevented the person from working in the person's licensed field and the medical hardship significantly contributed to the default or delinquency. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 23; Title 49; Title 56 and Title 63. ## 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/SB2306.pdf) ## Votes - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–1** (fail) · upper - SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/20/2018 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **94–0** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Harris — primary (person) - Lollar — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee - **2018-02-05** P1C. - **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/13/2018 - **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-13** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 2/20/2018 - **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018 - **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/27/2018 - **2018-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/1/2018 - **2018-02-27** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/6/2018 - **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/6/2018 - **2018-03-01** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/5/2018 - **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** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/13/2018 - **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/13/2018 - **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 - **2018-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/21/2018 - **2018-03-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/19/18 - **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018 - **2018-03-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 1 `passage` - **2018-03-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0602) - **2018-03-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0749) - **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018 - **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018 - **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-04-02** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0961) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-04-02** Comp. SB subst. - **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 744 - **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018; 01/01/2019 - **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 744 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09cd7683-467a-4b0b-a36a-41ff7dc32a69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).