# Tennessee SB 1603: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 24; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to medical cannabis.

Tennessee SB 1603, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 24; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to medical cannabis., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-27 (Effective date(s) 04/23/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1603
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 24; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to medical cannabis.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-12
- Last action: 2026-04-27, Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (99 yes, 36 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Tennessee limits changes to marijuana’s legal status: cost, low. Beginning April 23, 2026, Tennessee limits its mental health commissioner’s power to change marijuana’s controlled-substance status. The restriction applies when federal law changes marijuana’s drug category or removes it from controlled-substance lists. The commissioner can follow that change only…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Todd Gardenhire (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ken Yager (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 73 | 22 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/26/2026 | pass | 21 | 12 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 2 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2026-04-27: Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
- 2026-04-27: Pub. Ch. 789
- 2026-04-23: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-15: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-04-13: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0938) (House)
- 2026-04-13: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-03-26: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 12 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0768) (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/10/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/10/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0789.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1603.pdf)
- HA0938: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0938.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1603.pdf)
- SA0768: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0768.pdf)

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- SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. (signed)
- SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to blood lead level testing. (signed)
- SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (signed)
- SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (signed)
- SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to low-income housing. (signed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0789.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1603.pdf)
- [HA0938 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0938.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1603.pdf)
- [SA0768 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0768.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1603-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).