---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the United States Food and Drug Administration to consider making Naloxone an over-the-counter medication. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the United States Food and Drug Administration to consider making Naloxone an over-the-counter medication. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HJR 600"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 600 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa14eff-8d11-4cf9-af9f-f7da0c220cc5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0600&GA=110"
source_hash: "1a76b692e2e16653bb097f692c68d5fca74b3d084eb55025c2ad5bebfcb97a4d"
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 HJR 600 (110) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the United States Food and Drug Administration to consider making Naloxone an over-the-counter medication. -

## 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/HJR0600.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate Health and Welfare Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 3/14/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/7/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **97–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Action def. in Health Committee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Adopted, Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-01** Received from House, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee `introduction`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-05** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. H&W Comm. 3-7-18
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for concurrence by Senate Health and Welfare Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaa14eff-8d11-4cf9-af9f-f7da0c220cc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).