republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2427.md

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Bill	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, excludes narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid from the definition of "drug paraphernalia"; exclusion does not apply if the equipment is possessed for purposes of a person's commission of a drug-related offense; exclusion repealed July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, excludes narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid from the definition of "drug paraphernalia"; exclusion does not apply if the equipment is possessed for purposes of a person's commission of a drug-related offense; exclusion repealed July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2427	Tennessee SB 2427 (112)	bill	Criminal Offenses	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	3	44	6	2022-01-31	2022-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/f25c720f-1a74-4821-9765-ff05f3e52da7	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2427&GA=112	ec531ff99b87c00cf84826e8149c20204336b5eb2ec1139ccaf53b7a3b9aa023	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2427 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, excludes narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid from the definition of "drug paraphernalia"; exclusion does not apply if the equipment is possessed for purposes of a person's commission of a drug-related offense; exclusion repealed July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0589 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0506 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/23/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 1 2/22/2022 Passed — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — 82–9 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — 27–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-02-03 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2022-02-03 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
• 2022-02-09 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-15 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-16 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-16 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
• 2022-02-16 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/23/2022
• 2022-02-22 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 1
• 2022-02-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-23 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/2/2022
• 2022-02-23 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
• 2022-03-02 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-03 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-03 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 passage
• 2022-03-03 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0506)
• 2022-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-07 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
• 2022-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-10 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
• 2022-03-17 Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 9, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-17 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0589) amendment-withdrawal
• 2022-03-17 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-03-17 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-18 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-03-22 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-23 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-03-31 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-04 Effective date(s) 03/31/2022
• 2022-04-04 Pub. Ch. 764
• 2022-04-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 764

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f25c720f-1a74-4821-9765-ff05f3e52da7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).