For additional roll call votes on Tennessee SB0789 please see the Vote List

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Bill Title: As enacted, prohibits any person from using the title "registered surgical assistant" unless such person is registered with the board of medical examiners as a registered surgical assistant; requires the board to register as a registered surgical assistant any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-23 - Pub. Ch. 410 [SB0789 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Vote: SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	6	-	6
Nay	2	1	1
Not Voting	-	-	-
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	8	1	7

Result: Passed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Sen. Briggs, Richard M. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Crowe, Rusty [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Haile, Ferrell [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Hensley, Joseph "Joey" [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Jackson, Edward S. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Kyle, Sara [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Massey, Becky Duncan [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Watson, Bo [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart