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type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, in cooperation with the department of health and THEC, to administer certain residency opportunities; creates a resident training program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and general internal medicine to provide medical and behavioral health services in medically underserved areas and rural counties, distributed across all three grand divisions of this state. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 33; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, in cooperation with the department of health and THEC, to administer certain residency opportunities; creates a resident training program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and general internal medicine to provide medical and behavioral health services in medically underserved areas and rural counties, distributed across all three grand divisions of this state. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 33; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Tennessee SB 298 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 62
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43fee945-d517-429a-9cab-d36dd203c4e3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0298&GA=112"
source_hash: "976761b733ddbc245ae87ff8b8e762e3faa1a14c6277bab3ec9185890ef21b49"
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 298 (112) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, requires the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, in cooperation with the department of health and THEC, to administer certain residency opportunities; creates a resident training program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and general internal medicine to provide medical and behavioral health services in medically underserved areas and rural counties, distributed across all three grand divisions of this state. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 33; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0124.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0461** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0461.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0462** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0462.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0467** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0467.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0084.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA0448** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0448.pdf)
7. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0298.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/4/2021 Passed — **110** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/16/2021 — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- 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 3/17/2021 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2021-03-08** Recalled from Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2021-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - HA0467) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0462) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0461) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0124) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0084)
- **2021-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0448)
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 587
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 587
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43fee945-d517-429a-9cab-d36dd203c4e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).