---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires hospitals, clinics, and persons, including doctors and nurses, who are called upon to render aid to a person suffering from the effects of a fatal drug overdose to report the drug overdose to the appropriate chief of police or sheriff and district attorney general, to the extent allowed by state and federal law. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires hospitals, clinics, and persons, including doctors and nurses, who are called upon to render aid to a person suffering from the effects of a fatal drug overdose to report the drug overdose to the appropriate chief of police or sheriff and district attorney general, to the extent allowed by state and federal law. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1891"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1891 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doggett", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a271d0d-4437-461a-9bdc-d7e6b420ceac"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1891&GA=112"
source_hash: "2ebbf0cd742da33161a25abceb8f4549827e4c416cbed97ac35cfa1ea8c80e83"
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 1891 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires hospitals, clinics, and persons, including doctors and nurses, who are called upon to render aid to a person suffering from the effects of a fatal drug overdose to report the drug overdose to the appropriate chief of police or sheriff and district attorney general, to the extent allowed by state and federal law. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0931** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0931.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0842** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0842.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1891.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022 4/20/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/30/2022 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/25/2022 Passed (2) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/29/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doggett — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0931) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0842)
- **2022-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0931) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1094
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1094

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a271d0d-4437-461a-9bdc-d7e6b420ceac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).