republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-1980.md

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Bill	Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates provisions related to prescribing buprenorphine. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.	Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates provisions related to prescribing buprenorphine. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 1980	Tennessee HB 1980 (111)	bill	Drugs Prescription	enacted	Briggs Vaughan	4	43	7	2020-01-28	2020-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/01265ad9-d7ec-4dd6-9bc8-6a407633d125	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1980&GA=111	f0449ed0f8babfb812bce2088a7640cab5e66a363dedfde31d88b82ee59de2b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1980 (111) — Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates provisions related to prescribing buprenorphine. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0808 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0639 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0713 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Withdraw Amend# 1 by Crowe 6/11/2020 Passed (2) — 26–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/9/2020 Passed (1) — 90–1 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/11/2020 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 6/11/2020 Passed (1) — 26–4 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/2/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/11/2020 Passed (3) — 7–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briggs — primary (person)
• Vaughan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-29 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-01-29 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-30 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-01-31 Assigned to s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• 2020-02-26 Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 3/4/2020
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
• 2020-03-04 Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-04 Action Def. in s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee to 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-04 Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-05 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2020
• 2020-03-09 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-09 Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/11/2020
• 2020-03-11 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2020
• 2020-03-11 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2020-03-11 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2020-03-13 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2020
• 2020-03-16 Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.
• 2020-03-17 Meeting Canceled
• 2020-05-27 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 6/2/2020
• 2020-06-02 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
• 2020-06-04 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
• 2020-06-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2020-06-09 Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-06-09 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0808) amendment-passage
• 2020-06-10 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-06-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/11/2020
• 2020-06-11 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 4 passage
• 2020-06-11 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0639)
• 2020-06-11 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0713)
• 2020-06-11 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2020-06-11 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2020-06-17 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2020-06-30 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-06-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-07-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2020-07-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-22 Pub. Ch. 771
• 2020-07-22 Effective date(s) 08/01/2020
• 2020-07-22 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 771

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01265ad9-d7ec-4dd6-9bc8-6a407633d125. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).