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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Podiatrists - As enacted, changes the scope of practice of a podiatrist from a person who examines, diagnoses, or treats, in addition to the ailments of the human foot and ankle, the soft tissue of the lower leg distal to the tibial tuberosity, instead of the soft tissue structures extending no higher than the distal tibial metaphyseal flair. - Amends TCA Title 63."
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description: "Podiatrists - As enacted, changes the scope of practice of a podiatrist from a person who examines, diagnoses, or treats, in addition to the ailments of the human foot and ankle, the soft tissue of the lower leg distal to the tibial tuberosity, instead of the soft tissue structures extending no higher than the distal tibial metaphyseal flair. - Amends TCA Title 63."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 2358"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2358 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Podiatrists"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70b6ace3-d4d5-445b-8222-ec68713cef5d"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2358&ga=114"
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source_hash: "ed412d8c7a9912d04416e3358a87996a7e7934fcbc856fefc44791ee59e386a5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 2358 (114) — Podiatrists - As enacted, changes the scope of practice of a podiatrist from a person who examines, diagnoses, or treats, in addition to the ailments of the human foot and ankle, the soft tissue of the lower leg distal to the tibial tuberosity, instead of the soft tissue structures extending no higher than the distal tibial metaphyseal flair. - Amends TCA Title 63.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0722** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0722.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0494** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0494.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2358.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/18/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **31–1** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Massey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
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- **2026-02-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
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- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 1 `passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0494)
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- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2026-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0722) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-03-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/07/2026
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- **2026-04-13** Pub. Ch. 675
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70b6ace3-d4d5-445b-8222-ec68713cef5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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