---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various statutes governing licensure of professions and occupations, including health-related occupations, that administrative action against a person's license (including the denial, suspension or revocation of a license and determinations of fitness to practice) based on a criminal conviction, is subject to the applicable provisions of the Fresh Start Act. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 62 and Title 63."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various statutes governing licensure of professions and occupations, including health-related occupations, that administrative action against a person's license (including the denial, suspension or revocation of a license and determinations of fitness to practice) based on a criminal conviction, is subject to the applicable provisions of the Fresh Start Act. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 62 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2461"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2461 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/013d8e28-bd49-46a4-96f2-6ade0b194630"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2461&GA=110"
source_hash: "38aff33bacf196e4751ee671a4c4d2bd7ddc2fcaed511b710ecd74124d3bb089"
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 2461 (110) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various statutes governing licensure of professions and occupations, including health-related occupations, that administrative action against a person's license (including the denial, suspension or revocation of a license and determinations of fitness to practice) based on a criminal conviction, is subject to the applicable provisions of the Fresh Start Act. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 62 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/SB2461.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/20/2018 Passed (3) — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-12** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-28** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-29** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0861)
- **2018-04-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0997)
- **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. 745
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 745

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/013d8e28-bd49-46a4-96f2-6ade0b194630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).