republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-597.md

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Bill	Professions and Occupations - As enacted, establishes provisions governing licensure of engineers for certain persons with a master's degree from an approved institution who have passed Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. - Amends TCA Section 62-2-401.	Professions and Occupations - As enacted, establishes provisions governing licensure of engineers for certain persons with a master's degree from an approved institution who have passed Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. - Amends TCA Section 62-2-401.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	HB 597	Tennessee HB 597 (110)	bill	Professions and Occupations	enacted	Kelsey Williams	1	45	5	2017-02-02	2017-05-22	openstates	ocd-bill/452437b4-1836-4011-bf56-391a1450e730	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0597&GA=110	d04e42f76ef7df0d40ce12466f89bdc8043a46743b47aaf9c612c18011f32221	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 597 (110) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, establishes provisions governing licensure of engineers for certain persons with a master's degree from an approved institution who have passed Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. - Amends TCA Section 62-2-401.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/28/2017 (5) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/25/2017 (2) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/19/2017 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kelsey — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-07 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-08 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2017-02-09 P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-23 Sponsor change.
• 2017-03-16 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-16 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Commerce & Labor Comm. 3/21/17
• 2017-03-21 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
• 2017-03-22 Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-28 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
• 2017-03-29 Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 4/5/2017
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
• 2017-03-30 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/3/17
• 2017-04-03 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/6/2017
• 2017-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
• 2017-04-05 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-05 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-04-06 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-06 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0151)
• 2017-04-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-04-12 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
• 2017-04-12 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
• 2017-04-19 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
• 2017-04-19 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-25 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
• 2017-04-27 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
• 2017-05-03 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-05-03 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-05-03 Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-05-03 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0327) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-05-03 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-05-04 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-05-04 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-04 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-22 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 348
• 2017-05-22 Pub. Ch. 348
• 2017-05-22 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/452437b4-1836-4011-bf56-391a1450e730. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).