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type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, adds use of vapor products to the acts that are prohibited in enclosed public places under the Non-Smoker Protection Act; revises provision whereby a local government may prohibit smoking by a distance of up to 50 feet from a hospital's entrance unless the application of a 50-foot limit would place hospital patients in a potentially unsafe condition to make the provision mandatory instead of discretionary and to also apply to the use of vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17."
description: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, adds use of vapor products to the acts that are prohibited in enclosed public places under the Non-Smoker Protection Act; revises provision whereby a local government may prohibit smoking by a distance of up to 50 feet from a hospital's entrance unless the application of a 50-foot limit would place hospital patients in a potentially unsafe condition to make the provision mandatory instead of discretionary and to also apply to the use of vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 705"
citation: "Tennessee HB 705 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco", "Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell", "Southerland"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82ccc296-12e3-4ea2-8fd3-a26f0f37c121"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0705&GA=112"
source_hash: "f15f1ae8e6419250b0382948f89d9a212740a414f1a767b6d16c6def0b084531"
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 705 (112) — Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, adds use of vapor products to the acts that are prohibited in enclosed public places under the Non-Smoker Protection Act; revises provision whereby a local government may prohibit smoking by a distance of up to 50 feet from a hospital's entrance unless the application of a 50-foot limit would place hospital patients in a potentially unsafe condition to make the provision mandatory instead of discretionary and to also apply to the use of vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0305.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0705.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, referrd to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed (3) — **62** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021 4/26/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021 3/25/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/9/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **236** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — **5729** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2021 Passed (2) — **226** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Russell — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/21
- **2021-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-01** Reset on cal. for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-08** Re-ref. Calendar & Rules Committee
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 57, Nays 29, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0305) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 23, Nays 6 (Amendment 1 - HA0305) `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 551
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 551
- **2022-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82ccc296-12e3-4ea2-8fd3-a26f0f37c121`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).