---
type: "Bill"
title: "Therapists, Physical and Occupational - As enacted, makes various changes concerning the practice of physical therapy. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13."
description: "Therapists, Physical and Occupational - As enacted, makes various changes concerning the practice of physical therapy. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1960"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1960 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Therapists", "Physical and Occupational"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a89fe80e-6591-4d88-9369-3b2418b0a25d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1960&GA=111"
source_hash: "f29ce5d434175be4f8175dfcae2cbecc213b5217ecb709aba5bed2834c14ef3c"
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 1960 (111) — Therapists, Physical and Occupational - As enacted, makes various changes concerning the practice of physical therapy. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0910** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0910.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0549.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1960.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/10/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/16/2020 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/4/2020 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020 6/11/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/9/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/9/2020 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2020-02-03** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee to 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0549)
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-02** Action def. in Health Committee to 6/9/2020
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 6/9/2020
- **2020-06-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0910) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-17** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0910) `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 790
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 07/15/2020
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 790

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a89fe80e-6591-4d88-9369-3b2418b0a25d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).