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Bill Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, adds use of vapor products to the acts that are prohibited in enclosed public places under the Non-Smoker Protection Act; revises provision whereby a local government may prohibit smoking by a distance of up to 50 feet from a hospital's entrance unless the application of a 50-foot limit would place hospital patients in a potentially unsafe condition to make the provision mandatory instead of discretionary and to also apply to the use of vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17. Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, adds use of vapor products to the acts that are prohibited in enclosed public places under the Non-Smoker Protection Act; revises provision whereby a local government may prohibit smoking by a distance of up to 50 feet from a hospital's entrance unless the application of a 50-foot limit would place hospital patients in a potentially unsafe condition to make the provision mandatory instead of discretionary and to also apply to the use of vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 HB 705 Tennessee HB 705 (112)
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Tennessee HB 705 (112) — Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, adds use of vapor products to the acts that are prohibited in enclosed public places under the Non-Smoker Protection Act; revises provision whereby a local government may prohibit smoking by a distance of up to 50 feet from a hospital's entrance unless the application of a 50-foot limit would place hospital patients in a potentially unsafe condition to make the provision mandatory instead of discretionary and to also apply to the use of vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0305 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, referrd to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed (3) — 62 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021 4/26/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021 3/25/2021 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/9/2021 (5) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — 236 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — 5729 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2021 Passed (2) — 226 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Russell — primary (person)
  • Southerland — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-20 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
  • 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
  • 2021-03-09 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-25 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-01 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/21
  • 2021-04-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-01 Reset on cal. for 4/8/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-08 Re-ref. Calendar & Rules Committee
  • 2021-04-13 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
  • 2021-04-15 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/2021
  • 2021-04-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
  • 2021-04-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 6, PNV 1 passage
  • 2021-04-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
  • 2021-04-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
  • 2021-04-26 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2021-04-29 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-04-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-29 Passed H., as am., Ayes 57, Nays 29, PNV 2 passage
  • 2021-04-29 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0305) amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-29 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-05-04 Concurred, Ayes 23, Nays 6 (Amendment 1 - HA0305) passage
  • 2021-05-04 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/4/2021
  • 2021-05-12 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-05-13 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-05-17 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-05-26 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-06-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 551
  • 2021-06-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
  • 2021-06-02 Pub. Ch. 551
  • 2022-04-11 Sponsor(s) Added.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82ccc296-12e3-4ea2-8fd3-a26f0f37c121. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).