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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Health - As enacted, specifies that the practice of veterinary medicine does not include massage therapy to animals, which means the manipulation of the soft tissues of the animal body with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71."
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description: "Public Health - As enacted, specifies that the practice of veterinary medicine does not include massage therapy to animals, which means the manipulation of the soft tissues of the animal body with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "HB 537"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 537 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Holt", "Roberts"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2017-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d7fe6b-cee0-4cfa-85f4-c10516b792dd"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0537&GA=110"
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source_hash: "1250433f7f44c55edfafbabd293eb097b6f904e3f233396d7f191c0905d122b5"
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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 537 (110) — Public Health - As enacted, specifies that the practice of veterinary medicine does not include massage therapy to animals, which means the manipulation of the soft tissues of the animal body with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
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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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0537.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/12/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Holt — primary (person)
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- Roberts — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Sponsor change.
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- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
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- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
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- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
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- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
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- **2017-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
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- **2017-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
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- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/18/2017
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- **2017-04-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2017
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- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
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- **2017-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2017-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2017-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0305)
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- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
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- **2017-04-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2017-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0495) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 274
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- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 274
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- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017
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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/88d7fe6b-cee0-4cfa-85f4-c10516b792dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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