republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2479.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Architects, Engineers and Designers - As enacted, creates licensure requirements for the regulation of landscape architects. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 2."
description: "Architects, Engineers and Designers - As enacted, creates licensure requirements for the regulation of landscape architects. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2479"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2479 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Architects", "Engineers and Designers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12ff0219-3dec-4cf6-af6b-96743c2f88ac"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2479&GA=112"
source_hash: "51c8e4043319a189e14396dcae92a1a15ab9c1ce93ac77ade8f4257b6e324a59"
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 2479 (112) — Architects, Engineers and Designers - As enacted, creates licensure requirements for the regulation of landscape architects. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 2.

## 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/SB2479.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/1/2022 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/9/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 904
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 904

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12ff0219-3dec-4cf6-af6b-96743c2f88ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).