---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, authorizes a pharmacist in this state to dispense, in good faith, to a patient without proper authorization or a valid prescription the number of dosages of a prescription drug necessary to allow the patient to secure proper authorization or a valid prescription from the patient's prescriber; limits the amount of a prescription drug dispensed under this amendment to a 20-day supply. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 58 and Title 63, Chapter 10."
description: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, authorizes a pharmacist in this state to dispense, in good faith, to a patient without proper authorization or a valid prescription the number of dosages of a prescription drug necessary to allow the patient to secure proper authorization or a valid prescription from the patient's prescriber; limits the amount of a prescription drug dispensed under this amendment to a 20-day supply. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 58 and Title 63, Chapter 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1670"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1670 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy", "Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Pitts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbd24203-60f6-4245-a2b3-3a13102e97a3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1670&GA=110"
source_hash: "1a2dfb334c15fcdd7674fa8bb4134f3e895fa214b3639966ba1f55cbb0070431"
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 1670 (110) — Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, authorizes a pharmacist in this state to dispense, in good faith, to a patient without proper authorization or a valid prescription the number of dosages of a prescription drug necessary to allow the patient to secure proper authorization or a valid prescription from the patient's prescriber; limits the amount of a prescription drug dispensed under this amendment to a 20-day supply. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 58 and 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/SB1670.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2018 PASSED — **91–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/8/2018 PASSED — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/28/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Pitts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0669)
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0762) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 615
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 615

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbd24203-60f6-4245-a2b3-3a13102e97a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).