republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1859.md

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Bill	Professions and Occupations - As enacted, generally prohibits certain licensing boards for professions, including medical professions, from using a vague term in their consideration and their notice or decision for denying a license due to a prior criminal prosecution unless an explanation is provided of how the prior conviction directly relates to the applicable profession, if such prior conviction serves as a basis for the licensing authority's consideration and notice or decision. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 63.	Professions and Occupations - As enacted, generally prohibits certain licensing boards for professions, including medical professions, from using a vague term in their consideration and their notice or decision for denying a license due to a prior criminal prosecution unless an explanation is provided of how the prior conviction directly relates to the applicable profession, if such prior conviction serves as a basis for the licensing authority's consideration and notice or decision. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 63.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1859	Tennessee HB 1859 (113)	bill	Professions and Occupations	enacted	Davis	3	27	5	2024-01-22	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b375cf11-b900-48eb-bfb5-083a7f5383da	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1859&GA=113	cbe408844ba3ca21349b5f5baccf82e6101cab6574b3129896693bf7cb33c224	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1859 (113) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, generally prohibits certain licensing boards for professions, including medical professions, from using a vague term in their consideration and their notice or decision for denying a license due to a prior criminal prosecution unless an explanation is provided of how the prior conviction directly relates to the applicable profession, if such prior conviction serves as a basis for the licensing authority's consideration and notice or decision. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 63.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0794 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0865 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/12/2024 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024 3/28/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2024 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-25 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-12 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/19/2024
• 2024-03-19 Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/26/2024
• 2024-03-20 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/26/2024
• 2024-03-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2024
• 2024-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024
• 2024-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-04-04 Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0794) amendment-passage
• 2024-04-08 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-04-08 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0865)
• 2024-04-08 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-08 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-04-10 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-04-11 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-01 Pub. Ch. 788

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b375cf11-b900-48eb-bfb5-083a7f5383da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).