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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires the board of pharmacy to promulgate rules necessary to ensure that an individual who is blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled has appropriate access to prescription labels, bag tags, and medical guides. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53 and Title 63."
description: "Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires the board of pharmacy to promulgate rules necessary to ensure that an individual who is blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled has appropriate access to prescription labels, bag tags, and medical guides. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1999"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1999 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacists", "Pharmacy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Massey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ef7b878-6e9a-4829-b40d-5bd644939cbb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1999&GA=112"
source_hash: "63b7a896a15beeeef8b4e8c03db6a75cf3daf6c96514bcf2f027fc76acc50150"
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 HB 1999 (112) — Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires the board of pharmacy to promulgate rules necessary to ensure that an individual who is blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled has appropriate access to prescription labels, bag tags, and medical guides. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53 and Title 63.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0782** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0782.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0750** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0750.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1999.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/15/2022 (7) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **950** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2022 4/20/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/23/2022 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/4/2022 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jernigan — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** P2C, ref. to Health Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to next calendar
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/4/2022
- **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0750)
- **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0782) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1010
- **2022-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/09/2022
- **2022-05-11** Pub. Ch. 1010
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ef7b878-6e9a-4829-b40d-5bd644939cbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).