---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires board of pharmacy to promulgate rules regarding the board's oversight of facilities that manufacture, warehouse, and distribute medical devices; requires the board to form an advisory committee through the rulemaking process composed of medical device industry representatives and a representative of the department of economic and community development. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10."
description: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires board of pharmacy to promulgate rules regarding the board's oversight of facilities that manufacture, warehouse, and distribute medical devices; requires the board to form an advisory committee through the rulemaking process composed of medical device industry representatives and a representative of the department of economic and community development. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 630"
citation: "Tennessee HB 630 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy", "Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca891fe6-8fde-49c7-90fd-0ce0db70f06d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0630&GA=110"
source_hash: "dad2179b241b70718ec8435ca712cd0661c29da9f2eba9217e61e60ee73b8f60"
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 630 (110) — Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires board of pharmacy to promulgate rules regarding the board's oversight of facilities that manufacture, warehouse, and distribute medical devices; requires the board to form an advisory committee through the rulemaking process composed of medical device industry representatives and a representative of the department of economic and community development. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0630.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (1) — **88–3** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018 4/10/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/27/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/21/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/3/2018 Passed (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norris — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Reset on Final cal. of Health Subcommittee
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1019) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0715)
- **2018-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1029
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1029

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca891fe6-8fde-49c7-90fd-0ce0db70f06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).