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type: "Bill"
title: "Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the commissioners of health and mental health and substance abuse services to produce guidelines on nonresidential buprenorphine treatment by January 1, 2018, and to annually update those guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1."
description: "Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the commissioners of health and mental health and substance abuse services to produce guidelines on nonresidential buprenorphine treatment by January 1, 2018, and to annually update those guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Tennessee SB 709 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Prescription"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c90b52e-ae2e-433b-85a8-807236eae63d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0709&GA=110"
source_hash: "053dfd143c0fce9b155de154c202c6d9afc4b7429070b09f2ef8b8533cdc541a"
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 709 (110) — Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires the commissioners of health and mental health and substance abuse services to produce guidelines on nonresidential buprenorphine treatment by January 1, 2018, and to annually update those guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1.
## 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/SB0709.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 2 3/27/2017 Passed — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2017 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/6/2017 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Powers — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0057)
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass if am; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0095) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0094) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0095) `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 112
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/07/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 112
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c90b52e-ae2e-433b-85a8-807236eae63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).