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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, adds to the Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act that a public benefit does not include a professional or commercial license for purposes of the citizenship verification requirement; specifies that to be eligible for a professional or commercial license, an applicant must show that the applicant is either a United States citizen or authorized under federal law to work in the United States as verified by the SAVE program. - Amends TCA Title 4."
description: "State Government - As enacted, adds to the Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act that a public benefit does not include a professional or commercial license for purposes of the citizenship verification requirement; specifies that to be eligible for a professional or commercial license, an applicant must show that the applicant is either a United States citizen or authorized under federal law to work in the United States as verified by the SAVE program. - Amends TCA Title 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2464"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2464 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freeman", "Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 56
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/194fcecf-4d06-48e8-bb19-289847b09dd1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2464&GA=112"
source_hash: "27fbef4805dc074233c06e46564c80cf1552c3ef2756d9fcb10a483be46cb629"
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 2464 (112) — State Government - As enacted, adds to the Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act that a public benefit does not include a professional or commercial license for purposes of the citizenship verification requirement; specifies that to be eligible for a professional or commercial license, an applicant must show that the applicant is either a United States citizen or authorized under federal law to work in the United States as verified by the SAVE program. - Amends TCA Title 4.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0620** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0620.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0785** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0785.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0790** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0790.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2464.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2022 Passed — **207** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (1) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **5635** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Freeman — primary (person)
- Reeves — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 56, Nays 35, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0620) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 20, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0790)
- **2022-04-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0785)
- **2022-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 911
- **2022-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-02** Pub. Ch. 911
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/194fcecf-4d06-48e8-bb19-289847b09dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).