--- type: "Bill" title: "Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As enacted, authorizes county or district health department to operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program on petition of the county legislative body and approval by the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 68." description: "Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As enacted, authorizes county or district health department to operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program on petition of the county legislative body and approval by the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 68." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 2359" citation: "Tennessee SB 2359 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Fitzhugh", "Yarbro"] version_count: 1 action_count: 43 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2018-02-01" last_action: "2018-05-18" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd3b087b-8407-480d-be05-131145bf328e" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2359&GA=110" source_hash: "2d365727afa74bda38fd4b04abda1f9d295ce99f15754bb9191ae64556092f6a" 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 2359 (110) — Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As enacted, authorizes county or district health department to operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program on petition of the county legislative body and approval by the department of health. - 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/SB2359.pdf) ## Votes - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **81–13** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–1** (fail) · upper - SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/7/2018 Passed (2) — **7–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Fitzhugh — primary (person) - Yarbro — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction` - **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee - **2018-02-05** P1C. - **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018 - **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018 - **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/7/2018 - **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/7/2018 - **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 - **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/14/2018 - **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/14/2018 - **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/20/2018 - **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018 - **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2018-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 1 `passage` - **2018-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0725) - **2018-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018 - **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018 - **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2018 - **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018 - **2018-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 13, PNV 0 `passage` - **2018-04-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0930) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2018-04-23** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-04-23** Comp. SB subst. - **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 945 - **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018 - **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 945 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd3b087b-8407-480d-be05-131145bf328e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).