---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, increases the limit on the amount of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine base, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers that a pharmacy may sell or a person may purchase in a 30-day period from 5.76 grams to 7.2 grams, and from 28.8 grams to 43.2 grams in a one-year period. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4."
description: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, increases the limit on the amount of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine base, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers that a pharmacy may sell or a person may purchase in a 30-day period from 5.76 grams to 7.2 grams, and from 28.8 grams to 43.2 grams in a one-year period. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2048"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2048 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1f8ec92-945b-40ad-bef6-424f6cdeacd3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2048&GA=113"
source_hash: "25e0a8542346bbcd8b73f5dfca9c46ef747832e2d86e4cb8114f865f4bf15e2f"
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 2048 (113) — Controlled Substances - As enacted, increases the limit on the amount of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine base, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers that a pharmacy may sell or a person may purchase in a 30-day period from 5.76 grams to 7.2 grams, and from 28.8 grams to 43.2 grams in a one-year period. - 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 HA0757** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0757.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0920** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0920.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2048.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2024 Passed (1) — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/1/2024 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-26** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
- **2024-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0920)
- **2024-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0757) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 846

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1f8ec92-945b-40ad-bef6-424f6cdeacd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).