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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "HB 1859"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 1859 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-22"
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last_action: "2024-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b375cf11-b900-48eb-bfb5-083a7f5383da"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1859&GA=113"
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source_hash: "cbe408844ba3ca21349b5f5baccf82e6101cab6574b3129896693bf7cb33c224"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0794** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0794.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0865** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0865.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1859.pdf)
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## Votes
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- 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
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024 3/28/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Davis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
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- **2024-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/19/2024
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- **2024-03-19** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/26/2024
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- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/26/2024
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- **2024-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2024
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- **2024-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024
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- **2024-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2024-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0794) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2024-04-08** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0865)
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- **2024-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2024-04-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2024-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
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- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 788
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b375cf11-b900-48eb-bfb5-083a7f5383da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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