---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires the principal or head of a school that maintains an opioid antagonist at the school to ensure that the opioid antagonist is stored in accordance with manufacturer instructions; prohibits a school from prohibiting a student, employee, or visitor from possessing an opioid antagonist while the person is on school property or attending a school-sponsored activity held at a location that is not school property. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires the principal or head of a school that maintains an opioid antagonist at the school to ensure that the opioid antagonist is stored in accordance with manufacturer instructions; prohibits a school from prohibiting a student, employee, or visitor from possessing an opioid antagonist while the person is on school property or attending a school-sponsored activity held at a location that is not school property. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2311"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2311 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95634bc0-4644-497a-b663-6b694858c02d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2311&GA=113"
source_hash: "0ff263bcbab125c4b28a0fceaa5ef1d64bca2313a43149e06141f1b9e0eaf252"
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 2311 (113) — Education - As enacted, requires the principal or head of a school that maintains an opioid antagonist at the school to ensure that the opioid antagonist is stored in accordance with manufacturer instructions; prohibits a school from prohibiting a student, employee, or visitor from possessing an opioid antagonist while the person is on school property or attending a school-sponsored activity held at a location that is not school property. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2311.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/7/2024 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/13/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
- **2024-03-04** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Effective date(s) 03/27/2024
- **2024-04-03** Pub. Ch. 629

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95634bc0-4644-497a-b663-6b694858c02d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).