republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1022.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, authorizes a person who is licensed, registered, or certificated to provide emergency medical services in this state and who is required by statute or rule to keep proof of their license, registration, or certification on their person to satisfy that requirement by providing the proof by electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, authorizes a person who is licensed, registered, or certificated to provide emergency medical services in this state and who is required by statute or rule to keep proof of their license, registration, or certification on their person to satisfy that requirement by providing the proof by electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1022"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1022 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Tillis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d3bb29b-c4a3-459e-8d58-a09d2f07d018"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1022&GA=111"
source_hash: "444e357fe4794f38caa78a21b1ee2c53ee5c6d876e732f5f220ace29a8881e93"
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 1022 (111) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, authorizes a person who is licensed, registered, or certificated to provide emergency medical services in this state and who is required by statute or rule to keep proof of their license, registration, or certification on their person to satisfy that requirement by providing the proof by electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0238.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0300.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1022.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/26/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Tillis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** 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** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0238) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/19
- **2019-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0300)
- **2019-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 328
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 328
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/08/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d3bb29b-c4a3-459e-8d58-a09d2f07d018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).