republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-266.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, deletes age requirement and certain other requirements for persons practicing ultrasound sonography in a nonclinical 3D/4D ultrasound boutique setting. - Amends TCA Title 63."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, deletes age requirement and certain other requirements for persons practicing ultrasound sonography in a nonclinical 3D/4D ultrasound boutique setting. - Amends TCA Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Tennessee SB 266 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Todd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d10b6f3e-48dd-48cd-b1df-11ce81987058"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0266&GA=111"
source_hash: "1a2c166126484bca32062773e79fe8b5d773e06dbf39441e7b1e2d0575013336"
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 266 (111) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, deletes age requirement and certain other requirements for persons practicing ultrasound sonography in a nonclinical 3D/4D ultrasound boutique setting. - Amends TCA Title 63.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0062** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0062.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0309.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0266.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · 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 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0062) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee 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
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0309)
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 222
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 222
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d10b6f3e-48dd-48cd-b1df-11ce81987058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).