republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-448.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes local education agencies and nonpublic schools to maintain opioid antagonists in schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63."
description: "Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes local education agencies and nonpublic schools to maintain opioid antagonists in schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Tennessee HB 448 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Prescription"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Forgety"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e424ad9-4af9-4375-916f-94346deaa818"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0448&GA=110"
source_hash: "b825f7f4211df707b4160d31e7aeac52d7590c767a536acb73b98134260b33e8"
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 448 (110) — Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes local education agencies and nonpublic schools to maintain opioid antagonists in schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.

## 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/HB0448.pdf)

## Votes

- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/7/2017 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017 4/13/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Health Committee 3/14/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Forgety — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning-- Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-13** Refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-13** Recalled from Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass, ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-16** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0037)
- **2017-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass, ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0080) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 256
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 256
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e424ad9-4af9-4375-916f-94346deaa818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).