---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to regulate, including the prohibition of, smoking and the use of vapor products in age-restricted venues; defines the terms “age-restricted venue” and “retail tobacco store” for the purposes of the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; prohibits local governments from regulating smoking and the use of vapor products in retail vapor product stores and cigar bars; exempts cigar bars that limit access to patrons 21 years of age or older from the prohibition on smoking in enclosed places. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 39."
description: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to regulate, including the prohibition of, smoking and the use of vapor products in age-restricted venues; defines the terms “age-restricted venue” and “retail tobacco store” for the purposes of the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; prohibits local governments from regulating smoking and the use of vapor products in retail vapor product stores and cigar bars; exempts cigar bars that limit access to patrons 21 years of age or older from the prohibition on smoking in enclosed places. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2219"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2219 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco", "Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Carringer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70e4f2ab-d69b-4e27-b4db-84018844d9cb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2219&GA=112"
source_hash: "da7519572cde9a24fb45f0cfe76614cb95f1035b3df6c88b1b28fc92facb8e60"
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 2219 (112) — Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to regulate, including the prohibition of, smoking and the use of vapor products in age-restricted venues; defines the terms “age-restricted venue” and “retail tobacco store” for the purposes of the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; prohibits local governments from regulating smoking and the use of vapor products in retail vapor product stores and cigar bars; exempts cigar bars that limit access to patrons 21 years of age or older from the prohibition on smoking in enclosed places. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0792** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0792.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0932** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0932.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0668** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0668.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2219.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/27/2022 Passed (2) — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **56–33** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (4) — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2022 Passed (3) — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (5) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY LAMBERTH PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed — **83–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Carringer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 16, Nays 12
- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0668)
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 20, Nays 11 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/22
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-18** Reset on cal. for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 56, Nays 33, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0932) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0792) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Concurred, Ayes 21, Nays 8 (Amendment 2 - HA0932) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Concurred, Ayes 23, Nays 6 (Amendment 1 - HA0792) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1110
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1110

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70e4f2ab-d69b-4e27-b4db-84018844d9cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).