republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1445.md

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Bill	Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, authorizes an applicant for licensure as a hearing instrument specialist to substitute board certification by the national board for certification in hearing instrument sciences for the requirement that an applicant for licensure must have an education equivalent to two years of accredited college level coursework. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 2.	Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, authorizes an applicant for licensure as a hearing instrument specialist to substitute board certification by the national board for certification in hearing instrument sciences for the requirement that an applicant for licensure must have an education equivalent to two years of accredited college level coursework. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1445	Tennessee SB 1445 (111)	bill	Hearing and Hearing Aids	enacted	Bailey Lynn	3	37	6	2019-02-06	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/e5fc1e41-21ac-40f2-a5fe-6e1731676c5c	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1445&GA=111	d8100b42eb36449788a498c9209ff52068f8bc544cadb4cdc76568fd142d2c8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1445 (111) — Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, authorizes an applicant for licensure as a hearing instrument specialist to substitute board certification by the national board for certification in hearing instrument sciences for the requirement that an applicant for licensure must have an education equivalent to two years of accredited college level coursework. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 2.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0308 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0298 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — 93–1 (pass) · lower
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/2/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Lynn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-06 Intro. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 P1C.
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• 2019-02-11 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-26 Action Def. in s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee to 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
• 2019-04-02 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-04 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-09 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
• 2019-04-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-17 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-17 Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-17 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0308) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
• 2019-04-18 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/19
• 2019-04-18 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-22 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0298)
• 2019-04-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-24 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-29 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 323
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 323
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/08/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5fc1e41-21ac-40f2-a5fe-6e1731676c5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).