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type: "Bill"
title: "Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, adds cerumen management in the course of examining ears by certain persons in the definition of the practice of dispensing and fitting hearing instruments; imposes certain requirements in regard to cerumen management. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17."
description: "Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, adds cerumen management in the course of examining ears by certain persons in the definition of the practice of dispensing and fitting hearing instruments; imposes certain requirements in regard to cerumen management. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 920"
citation: "Tennessee HB 920 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hearing and Hearing Aids"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbb78cc8-21e9-4182-90b6-5e98a1deac7c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0920&GA=112"
source_hash: "0d6058c60b34e0b32f38a6c0e26f31373043e66d8cc4bb8fdf9fab51322f77cd"
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 920 (112) — Hearing and Hearing Aids - As enacted, adds cerumen management in the course of examining ears by certain persons in the definition of the practice of dispensing and fitting hearing instruments; imposes certain requirements in regard to cerumen management. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0395** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0395.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0473** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0473.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0920.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 2/10/2022 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 1/26/2022 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021 4/26/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/6/2021 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/29/2021 Passed (2) — **900** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/3/2022 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Ramsey — 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`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 1/26/2022
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Reset on Final cal. of Health Committee
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0395) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-10-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-19** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 1/26/2022
- **2022-01-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-02-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/3/2022
- **2022-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0473)
- **2022-02-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-02-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-02-07** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 2/10/22
- **2022-02-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-02-10** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 94, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0920
- **2022-02-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-02-15** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-02-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07** Effective date(s) 02/28/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-03-07** Pub. Ch. 622
- **2022-03-07** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 622
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbb78cc8-21e9-4182-90b6-5e98a1deac7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).