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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health Care - As enacted, increases the number of members on the medical cannabis commission from nine to 10, and provides that the additional member must be a member who is a specialist in the area of substance abuse prevention and serve as a nonvoting member. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7."
+description: "Health Care - As enacted, increases the number of members on the medical cannabis commission from nine to 10, and provides that the additional member must be a member who is a specialist in the area of substance abuse prevention and serve as a nonvoting member. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 550"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 550 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Care"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03fd0f54-5c38-4f35-9a7d-77114b7f6644"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0550&ga=114"
+source_hash: "23a3cee72a5f86b6364a99ecb943ee583a1cffe7c47c9f31a9c6607821f75f8d"
+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 550 (114) — Health Care - As enacted, increases the number of members on the medical cannabis commission from nine to 10, and provides that the additional member must be a member who is a specialist in the area of substance abuse prevention and serve as a nonvoting member. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0941** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0941.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0483** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0483.pdf)
+3. **Amendment SA0545** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0545.pdf)
+4. **Amendment SA0817** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0817.pdf)
+5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0550.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2026 Passed — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/23/2026 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/17/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Briggs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
+- **2026-02-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2026-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026
+- **2026-03-16** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/23/2026
+- **2026-03-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0483)
+- **2026-03-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0545)
+- **2026-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026
+- **2026-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2026-03-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0817)
+- **2026-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2026-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2026-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0941) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2026-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
+- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 817
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03fd0f54-5c38-4f35-9a7d-77114b7f6644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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