All Roll Calls
Yes: 172 • No: 0
TennesseeHB 2136114th General Assembly (2025-2026)House
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to medications approved by the federal food and drug administration.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
Controlled Substances
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Tennessee speeds prescribing of approved drugs
FDA-approved substances automatically match Tennessee’s drug schedule to the federal schedule after a 30-day waiting period. That period starts when the final federal order appears in the Federal Register, unless an objection is filed through Tennessee’s existing process. State scheduling does not wait for the annual schedule update. Tennessee-licensed healthcare prescribers authorized to prescribe controlled substances can prescribe qualifying drugs as soon as that scheduling takes effect. The drug must be FDA-approved and outside Schedule I, and prescribing must stay within the prescriber’s legal scope. State or federal law must not otherwise prohibit the drug.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Elaine Davis
Republican • House
Dan Howell
Republican • House
Lowell Russell
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/21/2026
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026
Yes: 32 • No: 0
House vote • 4/16/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2026
Yes: 91 • No: 0
House vote • 4/13/2026
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 4/7/2026
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Yes: 20 • No: 0
House vote • 3/31/2026
HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE
Yes: 20 • No: 0
House vote • 3/11/2026
HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Bill Text
HA1053 (Substitute)
4/16/2026
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
HA0935
Introduced
SA0969
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