---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana \"a product,\" instead of \"a cannabidiol product\" approved as a prescription medication by the United States food and drug administration; specifies that such a product will be redesignated, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4."
description: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana \"a product,\" instead of \"a cannabidiol product\" approved as a prescription medication by the United States food and drug administration; specifies that such a product will be redesignated, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 976"
citation: "Tennessee HB 976 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walley", "Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fbc5ec3-fd8d-4cf0-b0bb-19018c66d75a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0976&GA=112"
source_hash: "0f02b19390eb1d368c6b2e0e4040386b01c891e27f47dd4600e5442ede061270"
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 976 (112) — Controlled Substances - As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana "a product," instead of "a cannabidiol product" approved as a prescription medication by the United States food and drug administration; specifies that such a product will be redesignated, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0134.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0217** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0217.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0167** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0167.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0976.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/30/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — **84–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walley — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 3, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0134) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0217) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-05** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-05** Recalled from Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2021-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0167)
- **2021-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 4/22/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 230
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 230

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fbc5ec3-fd8d-4cf0-b0bb-19018c66d75a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).