---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5."
description: "Education - As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1550"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1550 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/419d65d0-f161-4b70-b55a-8843168263ce"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1550&ga=114"
source_hash: "f9a271820ad2d967407e79a580804e58c955fe5fd7c7d6e8c5b8012625134c2c"
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 HB 1550 (114) — Education - As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0820** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0820.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0498** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0498.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1550.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (5) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/3/2026 Passed — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (4) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (3) — **28–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** P2C, ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/10/2026
- **2026-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-10** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee to 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Action Def. in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee to Next Available Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-05** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action def. in Education Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0820) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0498)
- **2026-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-15** Pub. Ch. 947

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/419d65d0-f161-4b70-b55a-8843168263ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).