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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, excludes narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid from the definition of \"drug paraphernalia\"; exclusion does not apply if the equipment is possessed for purposes of a person's commission of a drug-related offense; exclusion repealed July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, excludes narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid from the definition of \"drug paraphernalia\"; exclusion does not apply if the equipment is possessed for purposes of a person's commission of a drug-related offense; exclusion repealed July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2427"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2427 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f25c720f-1a74-4821-9765-ff05f3e52da7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2427&GA=112"
source_hash: "ec531ff99b87c00cf84826e8149c20204336b5eb2ec1139ccaf53b7a3b9aa023"
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 2427 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, excludes narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid from the definition of "drug paraphernalia"; exclusion does not apply if the equipment is possessed for purposes of a person's commission of a drug-related offense; exclusion repealed July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0589.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0506** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0506.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2427.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/23/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 1 2/22/2022 Passed — **62** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **829** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **273** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 1
- **2022-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0506)
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 9, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0589) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-31** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/31/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 764
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 764
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f25c720f-1a74-4821-9765-ff05f3e52da7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).