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type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, exempts a veteran of the United States armed forces who was trained and certified as a medic or corpsman from the initial licensure fees of the emergency medical services board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, exempts a veteran of the United States armed forces who was trained and certified as a medic or corpsman from the initial licensure fees of the emergency medical services board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1940"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1940 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson C", "Powers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70dea92d-3f21-44db-a82a-7634893dd54d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1940&GA=112"
source_hash: "d8a500a90d34bff28f91ea1abc99396522859ca8e9bec6dd659309f2474d7130"
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 1940 (112) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, exempts a veteran of the United States armed forces who was trained and certified as a medic or corpsman from the initial licensure fees of the emergency medical services board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140.
## 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/SB1940.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2022 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/21/2022 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2022 Passed (2) — **940** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/8/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/16/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/21/2022 4/20/2022 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **940** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2022 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Johnson C — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-01-27** P2C, ref. to Health Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar #2 for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/09/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-11** Pub. Ch. 1011
- **2022-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1011
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70dea92d-3f21-44db-a82a-7634893dd54d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).