---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interactions and submit quarterly reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interactions and submit quarterly reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1146"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1146 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Prescription"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96b1f6c9-ce14-49a2-9831-9ba9171bc7e3"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1146&ga=114"
source_hash: "fddd71870b83f81eb65884fe90c9903353e039592eb999f9a2a1501d41d2ae8e"
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 1146 (114) — Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interactions and submit quarterly reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0253** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0253.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0259.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1146.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **76–20** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **27–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0259)
- **2025-04-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 20, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0253) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 272

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96b1f6c9-ce14-49a2-9831-9ba9171bc7e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).