# Tennessee SB 1495: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20 and Title 33, relative to opioids. Tennessee SB 1495, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20 and Title 33, relative to opioids., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-18 (Effective date(s) 05/05/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1495-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1495 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20 and Title 33, relative to opioids. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-12-23 - Last action: 2026-05-18, Effective date(s) 05/05/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Opioids - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (126 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Tennessee opioid laws name three more companies: mixed, low. The law adds Alvogen, Inc., Apotex Corp., and Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. to two Tennessee opioid-related code sections. Purdue Pharma LP remains listed in both sections. The changes took effect upon becoming law in April 2026. If a provision is ruled invalid, the rest remains effective to the… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2026 | pass | 87 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/19/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2026-02-10 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2026-05-18: Effective date(s) 05/05/2026 - 2026-05-18: Pub. Ch. 888 - 2026-05-05: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-21: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 1 (House) - 2026-04-16: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-02-23: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-02-19: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/19/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/10/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-14: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-12-23: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0888.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1495.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1495.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0888.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1495.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1495.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026) - [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026) - [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026) - [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026) - [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1495-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).