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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of knowingly engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by exposing the child to fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or analogue; punishes the offense as a Class E felony if the child is over 8 and as a Class B felony if the child is 8 or less. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of knowingly engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by exposing the child to fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or analogue; punishes the offense as a Class E felony if the child is over 8 and as a Class B felony if the child is 8 or less. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 751"
citation: "Tennessee HB 751 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca359987-075f-4220-87ab-99a07aa1dd38"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0751&ga=114"
source_hash: "766e00ea5a1dffb7e216b6bfcb79f9880045bba6b1ed4fb87f89013009b91d69"
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 HB 751 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of knowingly engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by exposing the child to fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or analogue; punishes the offense as a Class E felony if the child is over 8 and as a Class B felony if the child is 8 or less. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0070** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0070.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0355** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0355.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0751.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/21/2025 Passed — **861** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **893** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (3) — **162** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (4) — **70** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Faison — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 3, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0070) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-16** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-16** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0355)
- **2025-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-21** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 86, Nays 1 PNV 6 HB0751
- **2025-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 499
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca359987-075f-4220-87ab-99a07aa1dd38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).