republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-639.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare provider to satisfy one hour of continuing education requirements in exchange for one hour of volunteer healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare provider to satisfy one hour of continuing education requirements in exchange for one hour of volunteer healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 639"
citation: "Tennessee SB 639 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e1f5d6b-2761-4dd3-afcc-e2beb0ef5ccc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0639&GA=110"
source_hash: "9c6eac9e5ff64f2fe19ac2a2c8847a0106f1a647feef2c5d5f7beb052d009947"
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 SB 639 (110) — Health Care - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare provider to satisfy one hour of continuing education requirements in exchange for one hour of volunteer healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## 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/SB0639.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2017 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-27** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0182)
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0097) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 350
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/11/2017
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 350

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e1f5d6b-2761-4dd3-afcc-e2beb0ef5ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).