republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-53.md

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Bill	Medical Occupations - As enacted, creates exemptions to licensure and certification requirements, as applicable, for certain medical professionals licensed in other states who are participating in federal Innovative Readiness Training programs. - Amends TCA Title 58 and Title 63.	Medical Occupations - As enacted, creates exemptions to licensure and certification requirements, as applicable, for certain medical professionals licensed in other states who are participating in federal Innovative Readiness Training programs. - Amends TCA Title 58 and Title 63.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 53	Tennessee SB 53 (111)	bill	Medical Occupations	enacted	Hurt Kelsey	5	42	8	2019-01-19	2019-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/109a57c4-e479-43f6-8d6b-15d50d3277ea	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0053&GA=111	91f7cde7fa6d2402d52523b2ad20a2481bb4301fa84f8243d02276c8a70335ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 53 (111) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, creates exemptions to licensure and certification requirements, as applicable, for certain medical professionals licensed in other states who are participating in federal Innovative Readiness Training programs. - Amends TCA Title 58 and Title 63.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0187 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0001 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0009 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0011 (committee substitute) — source
5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/6/2019 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/14/2019 Passed — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Amend# 3 by Kelsey 2/14/2019 Passed — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/12/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/26/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hurt — primary (person)
• Kelsey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-19 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-28 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-30 Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/6/2019
• 2019-01-30 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
• 2019-02-01 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-04 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-02-06 Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/11/2019
• 2019-02-11 Senate Reset on calendar for 2/14/2019
• 2019-02-11 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0001)
• 2019-02-12 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/14/2019
• 2019-02-14 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-02-14 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-02-14 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0009)
• 2019-02-14 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0011)
• 2019-02-14 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0001)
• 2019-02-14 Motion to reconsider adopted.
• 2019-02-18 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-12 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-19 Action def. in Health Committee to 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/8/2019
• 2019-04-08 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-18 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-18 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0187) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-18 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-18 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-22 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-22 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-22 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-30 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-09 Pub. Ch. 255
• 2019-05-09 Effective date(s) 04/30/2019; 07/01/2019
• 2019-05-09 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 255

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/109a57c4-e479-43f6-8d6b-15d50d3277ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).