---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, creates a task force to study the issues created by the maintenance of certification process for Tennessee physicians; prohibits board of medical examiners and board of osteopathic examination from taking certain action on a license based on nonparticipation in any form of maintenance of licensure. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56, Chapter 7; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 and Title 68."
description: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, creates a task force to study the issues created by the maintenance of certification process for Tennessee physicians; prohibits board of medical examiners and board of osteopathic examination from taking certain action on a license based on nonparticipation in any form of maintenance of licensure. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56, Chapter 7; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Tennessee SB 298 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and Surgeons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 67
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e7081ec-0ad3-4cbe-a893-93b3756ff5c0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0298&GA=110"
source_hash: "9c4416ab800e14aeba371ab877d236fcbd9218051d69679cf02c54bdeff61c62"
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 298 (110) — Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, creates a task force to study the issues created by the maintenance of certification process for Tennessee physicians; prohibits board of medical examiners and board of osteopathic examination from taking certain action on a license based on nonparticipation in any form of maintenance of licensure. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56, Chapter 7; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 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/SB0298.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 2 5/10/2017 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/17/2017 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Sponsor change.
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0296)
- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-19** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to Study Subcommittee
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Study Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/10/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0648) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0361) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0648) `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Pub. Ch. 438
- **2017-05-30** Effective date(s) 05/25/2017
- **2017-05-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 438

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e7081ec-0ad3-4cbe-a893-93b3756ff5c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).