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Bill Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various provisions that for a person to be eligible for a particular license, certificate, permit, or authorization, the person must be a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 20; Title 23; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70; Title 71 and Chapter 463 of the Public Acts of 2025. Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various provisions that for a person to be eligible for a particular license, certificate, permit, or authorization, the person must be a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 20; Title 23; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70; Title 71 and Chapter 463 of the Public Acts of 2025. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 1709 Tennessee HB 1709 (114)
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6 34 6 2026-01-15 2026-05-18 openstates ocd-bill/c45097a6-b887-406a-a035-95b70d1aed95 https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1709&ga=114 840f35d75e7716e62f0f43a0ff9f7bb14e875711c13d709586df2e64c52a9374 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee HB 1709 (114) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various provisions that for a person to be eligible for a particular license, certificate, permit, or authorization, the person must be a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 20; Title 23; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70; Title 71 and Chapter 463 of the Public Acts of 2025.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0730 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA0844 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment HA1245 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment SA1020 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Amendment SA1033 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026 4/14/2026 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/18/2026 Passed — 72 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — 7020 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — 266 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2026 Passed — 174 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/22/2026 Passed — 7021 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Cochran — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-15 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-01-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-01-21 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2026-01-22 Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-11 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
  • 2026-02-18 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/4/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/18/2026
  • 2026-03-11 Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/18/2026
  • 2026-03-18 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-14 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026
  • 2026-04-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026
  • 2026-04-21 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6 passage
  • 2026-04-21 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1033)
  • 2026-04-21 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1020)
  • 2026-04-21 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-21 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-04-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-04-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-21 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA1245) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2026-04-21 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0844) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2026-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0730) amendment-passage
  • 2026-04-22 H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 70, Nays 21 PNV 0
  • 2026-04-28 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026, 05/07/2026
  • 2026-05-18 Pub. Ch. 955

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c45097a6-b887-406a-a035-95b70d1aed95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).