---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, removes certain qualifications for the supervision of prospective clinical pastoral therapists; authorizes the board of clinical pastoral therapists to establish its own qualifications for supervisors. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 22, Part 2."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, removes certain qualifications for the supervision of prospective clinical pastoral therapists; authorizes the board of clinical pastoral therapists to establish its own qualifications for supervisors. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 22, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 868"
citation: "Tennessee HB 868 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBerry", "Dickerson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38851f05-c90b-43ae-aab6-2ead3dc54d79"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0868&GA=111"
source_hash: "9085367f5338fa85511068b19c19af3ff8cc027fc593450e039daa9d6790a9a3"
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 HB 868 (111) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, removes certain qualifications for the supervision of prospective clinical pastoral therapists; authorizes the board of clinical pastoral therapists to establish its own qualifications for supervisors. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 22, Part 2.

## 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/111/Bill/HB0868.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeBerry — primary (person)
- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Taken off notice for cal. in Health Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 233
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 233

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38851f05-c90b-43ae-aab6-2ead3dc54d79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).