republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-304.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing expedited issuance of certain professional licenses for certain armed forces members and their spouses to instead exempt such persons from licensure in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1."
description: "Licenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing expedited issuance of certain professional licenses for certain armed forces members and their spouses to instead exempt such persons from licensure in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 304"
citation: "Tennessee HB 304 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bricken", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6ea3839-bc96-4fa2-81bd-7692c916ac44"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0304&GA=111"
source_hash: "8656e73016f3161cb1e332fcda7a457ffd0a6f9ded3a1f10759a871aeb73200a"
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 304 (111) — Licenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing expedited issuance of certain professional licenses for certain armed forces members and their spouses to instead exempt such persons from licensure in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0103.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0221.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0152.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0304.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2019 Passed (4) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/5/2019 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 1 by Bailey 3/25/2019 Passed (3) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/25/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bricken — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Business Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Business Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 4/1/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0152)
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/1/2019
- **2019-03-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0221) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0103) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0221) `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 195
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 195
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6ea3839-bc96-4fa2-81bd-7692c916ac44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).