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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Government - As enacted, clarifies that state law preempts local government enactments with respect to the regulation of and appropriate sanctions for conduct involving drugs and other similar substances. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 54 and Title 67."
+description: "State Government - As enacted, clarifies that state law preempts local government enactments with respect to the regulation of and appropriate sanctions for conduct involving drugs and other similar substances. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 54 and Title 67."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 894"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 894 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-30"
+last_action: "2017-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8efe53c-ec60-469c-aa1c-9144a2e97054"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0894&GA=110"
+source_hash: "8f488aa1862aae61d19e8b0ef11aa24b353340df6f15781a1278764f614f838e"
+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 SB 894 (110) — State Government - As enacted, clarifies that state law preempts local government enactments with respect to the regulation of and appropriate sanctions for conduct involving drugs and other similar substances. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 54 and Title 67.
+
+## 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/SB0894.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2017 Passed (1) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
+- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/8/2017
+- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
+- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2017
+- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/23/2017
+- **2017-03-23** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/27/2017
+- **2017-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2017-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 65, Nays 28, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-23** Am. tabled. (Amendment 1 - HA0143) `amendment-deferral`
+- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
+- **2017-03-27** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2017-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
+- **2017-03-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2017-03-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2017-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 124
+- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 124
+- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/12/2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8efe53c-ec60-469c-aa1c-9144a2e97054`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+