republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-449.md

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Bill	Professions and Occupations - As enacted, requires state governmental entities that establish or adopt guides to practice to do so through the promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.	Professions and Occupations - As enacted, requires state governmental entities that establish or adopt guides to practice to do so through the promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 449	Tennessee SB 449 (110)	bill	Professions and Occupations	enacted	Bell Howell	1	43	5	2017-02-06	2017-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/79b01e0c-99ee-4e32-9802-f060b447d548	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0449&GA=110	90ea68de2c408664df3821ff2289c77dfbec422915b196259a352e2127043110	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 449 (110) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, requires state governmental entities that establish or adopt guides to practice to do so through the promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — 72–23 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed — 60–30 (pass) · lower
• SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2017 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — 26–1 (pass) · upper
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Howell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-06 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-07 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-09 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
• 2017-02-09 P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
• 2017-03-08 Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
• 2017-03-09 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-14 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-15 Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-15 Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-22 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-22 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-03-22 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/29/2017
• 2017-03-22 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-28 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2017-03-29 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/5/2017
• 2017-03-29 Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 4/5/2017
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
• 2017-04-03 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 1, PNV 3 passage
• 2017-04-03 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0157)
• 2017-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-04-05 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-06 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-04-12 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
• 2017-04-13 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-13 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
• 2017-04-17 Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 23, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-04-17 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0156) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-04-17 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-04-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-17 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-04-18 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-04-19 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-04-19 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-04-20 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-04-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-03 Pub. Ch. 215
• 2017-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/28/2017
• 2017-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 215

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79b01e0c-99ee-4e32-9802-f060b447d548. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).