republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2526.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing the examination of specimen collected for determining the presence of drugs and alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4."
description: "DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing the examination of specimen collected for determining the presence of drugs and alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2526"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2526 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DUI Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goins", "Ketron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c590e95b-5c12-455c-830f-1b5b8219b0d1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2526&GA=110"
source_hash: "a47cf8213ad61ee1c9700b549ce9addaa90dca1e985844eaa24c7e9cf1ba35e3"
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 2526 (110) — DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing the examination of specimen collected for determining the presence of drugs and alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

## 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/SB2526.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goins — primary (person)
- Ketron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-29** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Judiciary Comm. 4/3/18
- **2018-04-02** Sponsor change.
- **2018-04-02** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **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
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1183) `amendment-passage`
- **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
- **2018-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1047)
- **2018-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-24** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 93, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2450
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 961
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c590e95b-5c12-455c-830f-1b5b8219b0d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).