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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Health - As enacted, authorizes, if approved by the department of health, any nongovernmental organization, including an organization that promotes scientifically proven ways of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, to establish and operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program. - Amends TCA Title 68."
+description: "Public Health - As enacted, authorizes, if approved by the department of health, any nongovernmental organization, including an organization that promotes scientifically proven ways of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, to establish and operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program. - Amends TCA Title 68."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 770"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 770 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Hazlewood"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-02-08"
+last_action: "2017-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c76e2cb-9dcf-440a-a8cf-aad1c70b3d4e"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0770&GA=110"
+source_hash: "421ceb8e546dc5e5bbe03669d7a0b7f65bf75f2d085668bca20642f906f48d97"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 770 (110) — Public Health - As enacted, authorizes, if approved by the department of health, any nongovernmental organization, including an organization that promotes scientifically proven ways of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, to establish and operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program. - Amends TCA Title 68.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0770.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/29/2017 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/4/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dickerson — primary (person)
+- Hazlewood — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
+- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
+- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
+- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2017-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0091)
+- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
+- **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/4/2017
+- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017
+- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
+- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
+- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-04-24** Reset on cal. for 4/27/2017
+- **2017-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0302) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0301) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
+- **2017-04-27** Reset on cal. for 5/3/2017
+- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
+- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 17, PNV 3 `passage`
+- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 6 - HA0579) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 5 - HA0563) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - HA0551) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0522) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 0 (Amendment 6 - HA0579) `passage`
+- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 3 (Amendment 5 - HA0563) `passage`
+- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0302) `passage`
+- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 413
+- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 413
+- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c76e2cb-9dcf-440a-a8cf-aad1c70b3d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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