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type: "Bill"
title: "Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board for licensing health care facilities to promulgate emergency rules no later than July 1, 2021, to permit persons who qualified as temporary nurse aides on or after the beginning date of the national public health emergency declared January 31, 2020, to become certified as nursing assistants in this state and be placed on the nurse aide registry. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board for licensing health care facilities to promulgate emergency rules no later than July 1, 2021, to permit persons who qualified as temporary nurse aides on or after the beginning date of the national public health emergency declared January 31, 2020, to become certified as nursing assistants in this state and be placed on the nurse aide registry. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 734"
citation: "Tennessee HB 734 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nurses", "Nursing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93fce531-8405-4cda-a5db-663a1b8ac554"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0734&GA=112"
source_hash: "46c33dd98c3d78734b50c216366af5adbe0d948db1ea033152f16762795b6327"
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 734 (112) — Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board for licensing health care facilities to promulgate emergency rules no later than July 1, 2021, to permit persons who qualified as temporary nurse aides on or after the beginning date of the national public health emergency declared January 31, 2020, to become certified as nursing assistants in this state and be placed on the nurse aide registry. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
## 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/HB0734.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/17/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (2) — **920** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/2/2021 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Reeves — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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
- **2021-03-03** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Action deferred in Senate Health and 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. Government Operations Committee for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **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. 148
- **2021-04-21** Effective date(s) 04/13/2021
- **2021-04-21** Pub. Ch. 148
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93fce531-8405-4cda-a5db-663a1b8ac554`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).