---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, defines \"smokeless nicotine product\"; adds smokeless nicotine products to type of products that are age-restricted to persons aged 21 years and older under the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; specifies that nicotine replacement therapy products as defined and approved by the federal food and drug administration are not smokeless nicotine products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15."
description: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, defines \"smokeless nicotine product\"; adds smokeless nicotine products to type of products that are age-restricted to persons aged 21 years and older under the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; specifies that nicotine replacement therapy products as defined and approved by the federal food and drug administration are not smokeless nicotine products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2035"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2035 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco", "Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Southerland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e847435-d4be-457d-8ddc-8d5f53047553"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2035&GA=112"
source_hash: "3c6faf24a286bba1aee929e9fe390d4109abb46e118f697f04d371e1770fde26"
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 2035 (112) — Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, defines "smokeless nicotine product"; adds smokeless nicotine products to type of products that are age-restricted to persons aged 21 years and older under the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; specifies that nicotine replacement therapy products as defined and approved by the federal food and drug administration are not smokeless nicotine products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0645** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0645.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0694** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0694.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2035.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **62–19** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 62, Nays 19, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0645) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0694)
- **2022-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 810
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 810

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e847435-d4be-457d-8ddc-8d5f53047553`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).