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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare practitioner violates the practitioner's practice act by refusing to submit to a drug test or testing positive for a drug when the practitioner does not have a lawful prescription for using the drug or a valid medical reason for using the drug; establishes procedural requirements to be followed in such situations. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 9; Title 63 and Title 68."
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description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare practitioner violates the practitioner's practice act by refusing to submit to a drug test or testing positive for a drug when the practitioner does not have a lawful prescription for using the drug or a valid medical reason for using the drug; establishes procedural requirements to be followed in such situations. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 9; Title 63 and Title 68."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 1309"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1309 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Holsclaw"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 65
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-02-09"
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last_action: "2017-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd91b71a-9882-4139-91dc-9ffdf9adab21"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1309&GA=110"
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source_hash: "17183402c70ff179da63e8eaddc9b749a9b09c67af01ecca32717629c66673c5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1309 (110) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, specifies that a healthcare practitioner violates the practitioner's practice act by refusing to submit to a drug test or testing positive for a drug when the practitioner does not have a lawful prescription for using the drug or a valid medical reason for using the drug; establishes procedural requirements to be followed in such situations. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 9; Title 63 and Title 68.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1309.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/9/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Crowe — primary (person)
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- Holsclaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
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- **2017-02-13** P1C.
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- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
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- **2017-04-03** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
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- **2017-04-03** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. H&W Comm. 4/5/17
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- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/18/2017
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- **2017-04-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/25/2017
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- **2017-04-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
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- **2017-04-25** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
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- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
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- **2017-04-26** Placed behind the budget
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- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
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- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
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- **2017-05-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2017
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- **2017-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/8/2017
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- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
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- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
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- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/9/2017
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- **2017-05-08** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
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- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/9/2017
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- **2017-05-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0543)
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- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0366)
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- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2017-05-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0657) `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0497) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Last Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
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- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/09/2017
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- **2017-05-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2017-05-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2017-05-30** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 481
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- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 481
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- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd91b71a-9882-4139-91dc-9ffdf9adab21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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