---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, removes the requirement that the credentials held by a person to practice as a central service technician must have been administered by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management or the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc.; allows an individual the option to obtain a certified sterile processing and distribution technician credential instead of a certified registered central service technician credential. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, removes the requirement that the credentials held by a person to practice as a central service technician must have been administered by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management or the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc.; allows an individual the option to obtain a certified sterile processing and distribution technician credential instead of a certified registered central service technician credential. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2857"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2857 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar", "Swann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6afc6bd-8024-42df-9e1f-53caeb0e9fd0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2857&GA=112"
source_hash: "b012e67ed9d2db7ef5949727cc9414f075ce0ff99e8bf10d004c63b4eb3eedb7"
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 2857 (112) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, removes the requirement that the credentials held by a person to practice as a central service technician must have been administered by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management or the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc.; allows an individual the option to obtain a certified sterile processing and distribution technician credential instead of a certified registered central service technician credential. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0648** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0648.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0759** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0759.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2857.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/23/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to next calendar
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0648) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0759)
- **2022-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 840
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 840

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6afc6bd-8024-42df-9e1f-53caeb0e9fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).