republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2002.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, permits the direct administration of buprenorphine mono or buprenorphine without the use of naloxone as a treatment for substance use disorder under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63."
description: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, permits the direct administration of buprenorphine mono or buprenorphine without the use of naloxone as a treatment for substance use disorder under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2002"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2002 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Terry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca1bc41b-d320-4847-9206-5b4a2028ee73"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2002&GA=110"
source_hash: "3f565866676dda4d8919ea503e30d72fa5f14c668c4921f0e1d3f26f02e8c049"
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 2002 (110) — Controlled Substances - As enacted, permits the direct administration of buprenorphine mono or buprenorphine without the use of naloxone as a treatment for substance use disorder under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63.

## 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/HB2002.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018 3/1/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/21/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **96–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-28** Recalled from Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0730) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-29** Senate Reset on calendar 4/2/18
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0724)
- **2018-04-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-02** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 674
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 674

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca1bc41b-d320-4847-9206-5b4a2028ee73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).