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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, clarifies that state law preempts local government enactments with respect to the regulation of and appropriate sanctions for conduct involving drugs and other similar substances. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 54 and Title 67."
description: "State Government - As enacted, clarifies that state law preempts local government enactments with respect to the regulation of and appropriate sanctions for conduct involving drugs and other similar substances. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 54 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 894"
citation: "Tennessee SB 894 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8efe53c-ec60-469c-aa1c-9144a2e97054"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0894&GA=110"
source_hash: "8f488aa1862aae61d19e8b0ef11aa24b353340df6f15781a1278764f614f838e"
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 894 (110) — State Government - As enacted, clarifies that state law preempts local government enactments with respect to the regulation of and appropriate sanctions for conduct involving drugs and other similar substances. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 54 and Title 67.
## 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/SB0894.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2017 Passed (1) — **72** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass; 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 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 65, Nays 28, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-23** Am. tabled. (Amendment 1 - HA0143) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 124
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 124
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/12/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8efe53c-ec60-469c-aa1c-9144a2e97054`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).