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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 638
SENATE BILL NO. 1504
By Jackson, Watson
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1563
By Lafferty
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 8, relative
to the board of optometry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-247(a}, is amended by deleting
subdivision (9).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-252(a}, is amended by inserting the
following as a new subdivision:
() Board of optometry, created by§ 63-8-103;
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1504
PASSED: March 16, 2026
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, RANDY. MclALLY
SPEAKER OF THE se\tA TE
CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Apr:\ APPROVED this \-Sl-- day of 2026
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