---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a pharmaceutical manufacturer or its representatives to engage in truthful promotion of off-label uses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a pharmaceutical manufacturer or its representatives to engage in truthful promotion of off-label uses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2361"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2361 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Prescription"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e11a83db-28fc-48a3-8ec3-9aa75212c143"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2361&GA=110"
source_hash: "42ea3ea8ce19e5f95c2d67ad71bdc26e3f14653da90e36b805a98b3b52d1647b"
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 2361 (110) — Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a pharmaceutical manufacturer or its representatives to engage in truthful promotion of off-label uses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

## 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/SB2361.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/7/2018 Passed (1) — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **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
- **2018-02-28** 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`
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0755) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0728)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 893
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 893
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e11a83db-28fc-48a3-8ec3-9aa75212c143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).