republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1852.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires any person operating in this state as a pharmacy benefits manager to be licensed by the department of commerce and insurance prior to operating. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31."
description: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires any person operating in this state as a pharmacy benefits manager to be licensed by the department of commerce and insurance prior to operating. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1852"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1852 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy", "Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Powers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93515efc-2db3-4872-bf5e-797c642fc581"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1852&GA=110"
source_hash: "036435dcef6e73c64b206bf52e880f3544736a2687bfcd576ffde268e7966194"
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 1852 (110) — Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires any person operating in this state as a pharmacy benefits manager to be licensed by the department of commerce and insurance prior to operating. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31.

## 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/SB1852.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (1) — **90–1** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/6/2018 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-01-29** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0702)
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-09** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0937) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 838
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 838

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93515efc-2db3-4872-bf5e-797c642fc581`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).