republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2572.md

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Bill	Opioids - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare prescriber to prescribe an opioid antagonist for purposes related to the potential for drug-related overdose, not just opioid-related overdose; permits certain government and non-governmental entities to prescribe and store an opioid antagonist for the purpose of providing the antagonist to a person at-risk of overdose or likely to assist a person experiencing overdose; makes various other changes regarding prescribing and usage of opioid antagonists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1 and Title 68.	Opioids - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare prescriber to prescribe an opioid antagonist for purposes related to the potential for drug-related overdose, not just opioid-related overdose; permits certain government and non-governmental entities to prescribe and store an opioid antagonist for the purpose of providing the antagonist to a person at-risk of overdose or likely to assist a person experiencing overdose; makes various other changes regarding prescribing and usage of opioid antagonists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2572	Tennessee SB 2572 (112)	bill	Opioids	enacted	Crowe Leatherwood	3	36	6	2022-02-01	2022-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/6b3fdfb6-5593-455e-8b72-47332e5d389c	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2572&GA=112	78ea4feec5cb67c2ded3c709156aaa098aad95eae3c9c4b35ea3fc7d32be1cb9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2572 (112) — Opioids - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare prescriber to prescribe an opioid antagonist for purposes related to the potential for drug-related overdose, not just opioid-related overdose; permits certain government and non-governmental entities to prescribe and store an opioid antagonist for the purpose of providing the antagonist to a person at-risk of overdose or likely to assist a person experiencing overdose; makes various other changes regarding prescribing and usage of opioid antagonists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0583 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0492 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2022 Passed (1) — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/16/2022 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/22/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Crowe — primary (person)
• Leatherwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-03 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• 2022-02-07 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
• 2022-02-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-16 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-02-16 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-22 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/2/2022
• 2022-02-24 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
• 2022-02-28 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-02-28 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0492)
• 2022-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-01 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
• 2022-03-02 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-03 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-03-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
• 2022-03-10 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-10 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0583) amendment-withdrawal
• 2022-03-10 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-10 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-03-14 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-16 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-03-16 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-03-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-04 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-04-04 Pub. Ch. 749
• 2022-04-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 749

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b3fdfb6-5593-455e-8b72-47332e5d389c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).