--- type: "Bill" title: "Licenses - As enacted, requires persons subject to licensure as emergency medical services personnel to notify the emergency medical services board of convictions and pending charges of commission of a felony or misdemeanor within 10 business days of the occurrence of such actions. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140." description: "Licenses - As enacted, requires persons subject to licensure as emergency medical services personnel to notify the emergency medical services board of convictions and pending charges of commission of a felony or misdemeanor within 10 business days of the occurrence of such actions. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "HB 2603" citation: "Tennessee HB 2603 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Licenses"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Williams"] version_count: 1 action_count: 59 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2018-02-01" last_action: "2018-05-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ff5731e-066d-485b-aef0-db986dc5958d" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2603&GA=110" source_hash: "19a134c0b91cd40299e7ceb6d609acb5822e99f01a3b5c3de3228bae7fed02eb" 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 2603 (110) — Licenses - As enacted, requires persons subject to licensure as emergency medical services personnel to notify the emergency medical services board of convictions and pending charges of commission of a felony or misdemeanor within 10 business days of the occurrence of such actions. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2603.pdf) ## Votes - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/19/2018 PASSED (2) — **30–0** (fail) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **92–0** (fail) · lower - HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/21/2018 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018 3/1/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Rule 39(3) Amend# 3 by Bailey 4/19/2018 PASSED — **29–0** (fail) · upper - HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: 2, 3 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 4/23/2018 PASSED — **95–0** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **28–0** (fail) · upper ## Sponsors - Bailey — primary (person) - Williams — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-05** P1C. - **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee - **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/21/2018 - **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018 - **2018-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018 - **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018 - **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018 - **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018 - **2018-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. - **2018-03-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-03-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0732) `amendment-passage` - **2018-03-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/12/2018 - **2018-03-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0671) - **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018 - **2018-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018 - **2018-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar 3/15/18 - **2018-03-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/19/18 - **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018 - **2018-03-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage` - **2018-03-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0752) - **2018-03-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. - **2018-03-19** Companion House Bill substituted - **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/26/2018 - **2018-03-26** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/29/2018 - **2018-03-26** Reset on cal. for 3/29/2018 - **2018-03-26** Reset on cal. for 4/2/2018 - **2018-03-29** Held on desk. - **2018-04-09** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/11/2018 - **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/12/2018 - **2018-04-11** Reset on cal. for 4/12/2018 - **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/16/2018 - **2018-04-12** Reset on cal. for 4/16/2018 - **2018-04-16** H. returned. - **2018-04-16** Senate Recalled from House - **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018 - **2018-04-19** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/23/2018 - **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage` - **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment #3 - **2018-04-19** Motion to reconsider adopted. - **2018-04-19** Tabling motion lifted - **2018-04-23** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2, 3 Ayes 95, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2603 - **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. - **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt` - **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 861 - **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018 - **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 861 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ff5731e-066d-485b-aef0-db986dc5958d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).