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type: "Bill"
title: "Therapists, Physical and Occupational - As enacted, removes the one-year experience requirement for doctorate level physical therapists for purposes of the direct access practice exception; requires physical therapists without a doctorate to meet certain educational requirements for purposes of the direct access practice exception. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13."
description: "Therapists, Physical and Occupational - As enacted, removes the one-year experience requirement for doctorate level physical therapists for purposes of the direct access practice exception; requires physical therapists without a doctorate to meet certain educational requirements for purposes of the direct access practice exception. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1076"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1076 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physical and Occupational", "Therapists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Leatherwood"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab454c1c-6ae1-4a56-8a6b-dbf88e5b5486"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1076&GA=112"
source_hash: "c5d65bef2cf0bcdc016b58ede04e5acf9ea1479ded19bddb11c11f3960bbcb71"
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 1076 (112) — Therapists, Physical and Occupational - As enacted, removes the one-year experience requirement for doctorate level physical therapists for purposes of the direct access practice exception; requires physical therapists without a doctorate to meet certain educational requirements for purposes of the direct access practice exception. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1076.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/2/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Crowe — primary (person)
- Leatherwood — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-15** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/21
- **2021-03-29** Comp. SB subst. SB584
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 130
- **2021-04-21** Effective date(s) 04/13/2021
- **2021-04-21** Pub. Ch. 130
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab454c1c-6ae1-4a56-8a6b-dbf88e5b5486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).