republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1912.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, adds nonopioid medicinal drugs or drug products, occupational therapy, and interventional procedures or treatments to the alternative treatments that must be disclosed and explained by a healthcare practitioner to a patient or the patient's legal representative as a prerequisite to obtaining informed consent to treatment with an opioid. - Amends TCA Section 63-1-164."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, adds nonopioid medicinal drugs or drug products, occupational therapy, and interventional procedures or treatments to the alternative treatments that must be disclosed and explained by a healthcare practitioner to a patient or the patient's legal representative as a prerequisite to obtaining informed consent to treatment with an opioid. - Amends TCA Section 63-1-164."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1912"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1912 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab88047c-8af8-4ba9-ac65-a15dbdefb0f4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1912&GA=111"
source_hash: "676a1b81d340db64e0774951cb60b0bc3ccb907512989b6eff53e92fb90643d5"
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 1912 (111) — Health Care - As enacted, adds nonopioid medicinal drugs or drug products, occupational therapy, and interventional procedures or treatments to the alternative treatments that must be disclosed and explained by a healthcare practitioner to a patient or the patient's legal representative as a prerequisite to obtaining informed consent to treatment with an opioid. - Amends TCA Section 63-1-164.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0559.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0500.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1912.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/19/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/19/2020 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2020-01-30** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Assigned to s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0500)
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0559) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 573
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/19/2020
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 573

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab88047c-8af8-4ba9-ac65-a15dbdefb0f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).