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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, revises the distance parameter for the prohibition on a hypodermic syringe exchange program being operated within 2,000 feet of a school or park to make the parameter 1,000 feet in Nashville/Davidson County and in Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, revises the distance parameter for the prohibition on a hypodermic syringe exchange program being operated within 2,000 feet of a school or park to make the parameter 1,000 feet in Nashville/Davidson County and in Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1977"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1977 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Hazlewood"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5f6b214-5b26-455f-9798-7cc7e4fb7322"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1977&GA=110"
source_hash: "80822db202f0968899a8c98ba36d98fed1c3ba3b447b1f4b82730f98a0ef3809"
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 1977 (110) — Public Health - As enacted, revises the distance parameter for the prohibition on a hypodermic syringe exchange program being operated within 2,000 feet of a school or park to make the parameter 1,000 feet in Nashville/Davidson County and in Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis. - Amends TCA 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/SB1977.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **272** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **8311** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/7/2018 Passed — **71** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Hazlewood — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **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
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0722)
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H. Ayes 83, Nays 11, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0933) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** Pub. Ch. 649
- **2018-04-11** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
- **2018-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 649
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5f6b214-5b26-455f-9798-7cc7e4fb7322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).