# Tennessee HB 1741: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 41; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the use of drugs for the treatment of pain.

Tennessee HB 1741, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 41; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the use of drugs for the treatment of pain., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-23 (Effective date(s) 01/01/2027) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1741
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 41; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the use of drugs for the treatment of pain.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-04-23, Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: Correction, Dept. of
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (136 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Prisons must treat non-opioid pain meds fairly: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2027, the Department of Correction must not treat FDA‑approved non‑opioid pain drugs worse than opioids on its prison drug list. This rule applies even if the department has not yet reviewed the drug for the list. It also applies to medicines provided by the department’s health…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Michele Carringer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sabi 'Doc' Kumar (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/19/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-23 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 | pass | 88 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-23 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | House | HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | House | INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- HA0556 (Substitute), 2026-02-23: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0556.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0749.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1741.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1741.pdf)
- SA0506: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0506.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0556 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0556.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0749.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1741.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1741.pdf)
- [SA0506 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0506.pdf)

## Related
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- [HB 1710: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1710-2025-2026)
- [HB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1667-2025-2026)
- [HB 1690: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1690-2025-2026)
- [HB 1681: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1681-2025-2026)
- [HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1380-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1741-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).