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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2572"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2572 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Opioids"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Leatherwood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3fdfb6-5593-455e-8b72-47332e5d389c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2572&GA=112"
source_hash: "78ea4feec5cb67c2ded3c709156aaa098aad95eae3c9c4b35ea3fc7d32be1cb9"
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 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0583.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0492** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0492.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2572.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b3fdfb6-5593-455e-8b72-47332e5d389c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).