---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, revises law requiring the governor to appoint three members to the medical cannabis commission, such that at least one member must be a patient who has been diagnosed with a qualifying medical disease or condition and who can establish the diagnosis for purposes of appointment to and service on the commission with a valid letter of attestation. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, revises law requiring the governor to appoint three members to the medical cannabis commission, such that at least one member must be a patient who has been diagnosed with a qualifying medical disease or condition and who can establish the diagnosis for purposes of appointment to and service on the commission with a valid letter of attestation. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 329"
citation: "Tennessee SB 329 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bda8a71-7619-4ce4-bee4-76c4c10b93d1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0329&GA=113"
source_hash: "05291896273d4a6c989fc7c62ad6599ef8230249dc0ed45b0f640c785b4d9c04"
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 329 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, revises law requiring the governor to appoint three members to the medical cannabis commission, such that at least one member must be a patient who has been diagnosed with a qualifying medical disease or condition and who can establish the diagnosis for purposes of appointment to and service on the commission with a valid letter of attestation. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0255** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0255.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0074** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0074.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0329.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — **84–8** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/28/2023 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
- **2023-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0074)
- **2023-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0255) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023, 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 258

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bda8a71-7619-4ce4-bee4-76c4c10b93d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).