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type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, revises the manner in which a state governmental entity and local health department verifies that an applicant 18 or older who applies for a public benefit is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; makes revisions to the law relative to the board of medical examiners granting a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine to certain temporary licensees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63; Title 68; and Chapter 211 of the Public Acts of 2023."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, revises the manner in which a state governmental entity and local health department verifies that an applicant 18 or older who applies for a public benefit is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; makes revisions to the law relative to the board of medical examiners granting a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine to certain temporary licensees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63; Title 68; and Chapter 211 of the Public Acts of 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2900"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2900 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43107ec4-80b6-4a42-b6ac-81b45421dc13"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2900&GA=113"
source_hash: "5f91f8bab887b0833c32020111e7e0bb1d23ee2f243b8c7348d6579cc804bf24"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee HB 2900 (113) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, revises the manner in which a state governmental entity and local health department verifies that an applicant 18 or older who applies for a public benefit is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; makes revisions to the law relative to the board of medical examiners granting a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine to certain temporary licensees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63; Title 68; and Chapter 211 of the Public Acts of 2023.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0587** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0587.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0983** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0983.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2900.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **8211** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2024 Passed (2) — **827** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2024 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/13/2024 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024 3/7/2024 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kumar — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-21** Action def. in Health Committee to 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2024
- **2024-03-14** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2024-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 7, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0587) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0983)
- **2024-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 82, Nays 11 PNV 2 HB2900
- **2024-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024, 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 921
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43107ec4-80b6-4a42-b6ac-81b45421dc13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).