---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to develop a survey to collect certain information from nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of fitness from the board; requires the board to submit a report regarding the survey to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to develop a survey to collect certain information from nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of fitness from the board; requires the board to submit a report regarding the survey to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 332"
citation: "Tennessee SB 332 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nurses", "Nursing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf5d50fc-5e24-4de0-b1bb-9e718bf676d1"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0332&ga=114"
source_hash: "4a3a2e5e1d96733b020edf43c7e05e23b3375eb199fe525f67ac88e44209b077"
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 332 (114) — Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to develop a survey to collect certain information from nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of fitness from the board; requires the board to submit a report regarding the survey to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0181.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0258** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0258.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0332.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0258)
- **2025-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0181) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/21/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 222

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf5d50fc-5e24-4de0-b1bb-9e718bf676d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).