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type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, authorizes the board of medical examiners and the board of osteopathic examination to issue short-term visitor clinical training licenses to eligible foreign medical graduates and physicians, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 63."
description: "Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, authorizes the board of medical examiners and the board of osteopathic examination to issue short-term visitor clinical training licenses to eligible foreign medical graduates and physicians, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1902"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1902 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and Surgeons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Kumar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56872dd7-e454-4172-9650-9984e7e062bc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1902&GA=112"
source_hash: "9212b30a1c0a12fcbc567ebe9efacfa579dcc4cce43dd2d57c86cc68a2479436"
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 1902 (112) — Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, authorizes the board of medical examiners and the board of osteopathic examination to issue short-term visitor clinical training licenses to eligible foreign medical graduates and physicians, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 63.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0789** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0789.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0493** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0493.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1902.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed — **837** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2022 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/16/2022 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/28/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2022 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/6/2022 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/6/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Kumar — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** No Action Taken
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0493)
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0789) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-06** Effective date(s) 05/03/2022
- **2022-05-06** Pub. Ch. 970
- **2022-05-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 970
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56872dd7-e454-4172-9650-9984e7e062bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).