---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to register an applicant as a registered surgical assistant if the applicant maintains current credentials as a surgical assistant issued by the American Board of Surgical Assistants and satisfies other necessary requirements; removes December 31, 2019, as the deadline by which an applicant for registration as a surgical assistant must register with the board in order to be registered on the basis of certain practical experience. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to register an applicant as a registered surgical assistant if the applicant maintains current credentials as a surgical assistant issued by the American Board of Surgical Assistants and satisfies other necessary requirements; removes December 31, 2019, as the deadline by which an applicant for registration as a surgical assistant must register with the board in order to be registered on the basis of certain practical experience. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Tennessee SB 174 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90d40fd7-ad2d-40fb-ab02-075c74749da0"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0174&ga=114"
source_hash: "99d327b71a5c3db868edd5f35d0c061ed412df00949462322550584b46203241"
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 174 (114) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to register an applicant as a registered surgical assistant if the applicant maintains current credentials as a surgical assistant issued by the American Board of Surgical Assistants and satisfies other necessary requirements; removes December 31, 2019, as the deadline by which an applicant for registration as a surgical assistant must register with the board in order to be registered on the basis of certain practical experience. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0174.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2025 Passed — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 03/25/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 59

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90d40fd7-ad2d-40fb-ab02-075c74749da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).