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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, authorizes an applicant for licensure as a hearing instrument specialist to substitute board certification by the national board for certification in hearing instrument sciences for the requirement that an applicant for licensure must have an education equivalent to two years of accredited college level coursework. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 2."
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description: "Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, authorizes an applicant for licensure as a hearing instrument specialist to substitute board certification by the national board for certification in hearing instrument sciences for the requirement that an applicant for licensure must have an education equivalent to two years of accredited college level coursework. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 2."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "SB 1445"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1445 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hearing and Hearing Aids"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Lynn"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-02-06"
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last_action: "2019-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5fc1e41-21ac-40f2-a5fe-6e1731676c5c"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1445&GA=111"
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source_hash: "d8100b42eb36449788a498c9209ff52068f8bc544cadb4cdc76568fd142d2c8d"
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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 SB 1445 (111) — Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, authorizes an applicant for licensure as a hearing instrument specialist to substitute board certification by the national board for certification in hearing instrument sciences for the requirement that an applicant for licensure must have an education equivalent to two years of accredited college level coursework. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 2.
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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. **Amendment HA0308** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0308.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0298.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1445.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
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- 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
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/2/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bailey — primary (person)
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- Lynn — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** P1C.
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- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
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- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
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- **2019-03-26** Action Def. in s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee to 4/2/2019
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- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
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- **2019-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/9/2019
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- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
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- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
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- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
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- **2019-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
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- **2019-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2019-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2019-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0308) `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
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- **2019-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/19
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- **2019-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2019-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2019-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0298)
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- **2019-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2019-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 323
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- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 323
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- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/08/2019
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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/e5fc1e41-21ac-40f2-a5fe-6e1731676c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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