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type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires health care prescribers to issue prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances electronically by July 1, 2020, with certain exceptions; establishes other provisions regarding electronic prescriptions. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires health care prescribers to issue prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances electronically by July 1, 2020, with certain exceptions; establishes other provisions regarding electronic prescriptions. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1993"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1993 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/115fef79-0bd8-428b-a6f1-3e2f5d6b5a71"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1993&GA=110"
source_hash: "372acdee944092eaab1e195747a028c1c7ebdb2f9c1a537ececa891822456855"
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 1993 (110) — Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires health care prescribers to issue prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances electronically by July 1, 2020, with certain exceptions; establishes other provisions regarding electronic prescriptions. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1993.pdf)
## Votes
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018 4/5/2018 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **261** (fail) · upper
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/7/2018 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2018 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/20/2018 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2018 PASSED (1) — **941** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gant — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-03-13** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1105) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0928) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0927) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA1024)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1023)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0721)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 883
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/03/2018; 01/01/2019
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 883
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/115fef79-0bd8-428b-a6f1-3e2f5d6b5a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).