---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, adds that a managed services provider that provides direct sales, installation, or maintenance service for an IP camera connected to the managed services provider's network; derives less than 25% of the managed services provider's gross annual revenue from those services; and provides proof of employee vetting satisfactory to the commissioner is specifically excluded from the requirements of the Alarm Contractors Licensing Act. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, adds that a managed services provider that provides direct sales, installation, or maintenance service for an IP camera connected to the managed services provider's network; derives less than 25% of the managed services provider's gross annual revenue from those services; and provides proof of employee vetting satisfactory to the commissioner is specifically excluded from the requirements of the Alarm Contractors Licensing Act. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1985"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1985 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4e1f36d-01b8-46ef-bceb-d0fe43fd2990"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1985&ga=114"
source_hash: "d7fe7a40e2e8d5e7671a1488815e2e61e7a5c0c1c20dfea21ca15d4ffd0de19c"
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 1985 (114) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, adds that a managed services provider that provides direct sales, installation, or maintenance service for an IP camera connected to the managed services provider's network; derives less than 25% of the managed services provider's gross annual revenue from those services; and provides proof of employee vetting satisfactory to the commissioner is specifically excluded from the requirements of the Alarm Contractors Licensing Act. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0960** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0960.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA1002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1002.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1985.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (3) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 4/2/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2026 Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-03-25** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-06** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0960) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1002)
- **2026-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 998

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4e1f36d-01b8-46ef-bceb-d0fe43fd2990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).