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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, establishes licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; revises provisions authorizing hospitals to employ certain licensed physicians for certain medical services. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, establishes licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; revises provisions authorizing hospitals to employ certain licensed physicians for certain medical services. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 979"
citation: "Tennessee HB 979 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f153c240-e7f8-43ca-b070-c32f9aaa7bbe"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0979&ga=114"
source_hash: "85d1980f96b429343a217af690b96a2a7dcd198e8b68c86074798c09696dcd80"
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 HB 979 (114) — Health Care - As enacted, establishes licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; revises provisions authorizing hospitals to employ certain licensed physicians for certain medical services. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0248.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0264** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0264.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0317** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0317.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0979.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed (2) — **311** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2025 Passed (6) — **111** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (2) — **725** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2025 Passed (4) — **233** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/1/2025 Passed (7) — **211** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (8) — **61** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025 4/15/2025 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **7910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2025 Passed (5) — **110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Ref. to Health Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 5, PNV 11 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0248) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0317)
- **2025-04-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0264)
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 31, Nays 0
- **2025-04-22** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 79, Nays 10 PNV 6
- **2025-04-22** Conference Committee appointed.
- **2025-04-22** Conference Committee appointed (Williams, Terry, Farmer, B. Martin, Shaw)
- **2025-04-22** H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence in SA 1 & 2
- **2025-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4 for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-22** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence in House Amendments 1 & 2
- **2025-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-22** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 1 & 2 HB0979
- **2025-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar 3 for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/21/2025, 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 509
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f153c240-e7f8-43ca-b070-c32f9aaa7bbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).