republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-789.md

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Bill	Medical Occupations - As enacted, prohibits any person from using the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the board of medical examiners as a registered surgical assistant; requires the board to register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.	Medical Occupations - As enacted, prohibits any person from using the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the board of medical examiners as a registered surgical assistant; requires the board to register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 789	Tennessee SB 789 (110)	bill	Medical Occupations	enacted	Dickerson Sargent	1	45	3	2017-02-08	2017-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/b8d59514-860e-4730-b238-31d6a2e7eecb	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0789&GA=110	a8504dac7239da56226435e038b4ef34215c19f447ad7ec3338325f2549e847f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 789 (110) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, prohibits any person from using the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the board of medical examiners as a registered surgical assistant; requires the board to register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/29/2017 Passed — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/8/2017 Passed (1) — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — 28–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dickerson — primary (person)
• Sargent — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Intro. introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• 2017-02-13 P1C.
• 2017-02-15 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-22 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
• 2017-03-22 Reset on Final cal. of Health Subcommittee
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
• 2017-03-29 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2017-03-29 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
• 2017-03-29 Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
• 2017-04-05 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/11/2017
• 2017-04-05 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
• 2017-04-10 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-10 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0262)
• 2017-04-11 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-04-11 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-12 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/19/2017
• 2017-04-13 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-04-19 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-25 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-26 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-26 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
• 2017-05-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-05-08 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0370) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-05-08 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-05-08 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-05-09 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-09 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-23 Pub. Ch. 410
• 2017-05-23 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
• 2017-05-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 410

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8d59514-860e-4730-b238-31d6a2e7eecb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).