republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-948.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, enacts the \"Kenneth and Madge Tullis, MD, Suicide Prevention Training Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, enacts the \"Kenneth and Madge Tullis, MD, Suicide Prevention Training Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 948"
citation: "Tennessee HB 948 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9b677d8-1959-4cad-96b0-5df010278c27"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0948&GA=110"
source_hash: "25492b819f8e02d7832f2b99b9a66b7532405c4719584f46b5f42fab76580f52"
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 948 (110) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Kenneth and Madge Tullis, MD, Suicide Prevention Training Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0948.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/5/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017 5/2/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/11/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Reset on Final cal. of Health Subcommittee
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0315)
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0365) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 396
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 396
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9b677d8-1959-4cad-96b0-5df010278c27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).