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type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes a municipality, a county, or a county having a metropolitan form of government to prohibit the use of tobacco products or vapor products, or both, on the grounds of a public park, public playground, or public greenway as long as the public park, public playground, or public greenway is owned or controlled by the respective municipality or county. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 54 and Title 66."
description: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes a municipality, a county, or a county having a metropolitan form of government to prohibit the use of tobacco products or vapor products, or both, on the grounds of a public park, public playground, or public greenway as long as the public park, public playground, or public greenway is owned or controlled by the respective municipality or county. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 54 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Tennessee SB 28 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco", "Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar", "Powers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed809e57-06f2-4c72-aa22-7c1dd0911dc3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0028&GA=112"
source_hash: "9d3f771f3b6565c681358b98596aba0e2704c11ad80e1a0cfb96de2649dfa4b2"
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 28 (112) — Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes a municipality, a county, or a county having a metropolitan form of government to prohibit the use of tobacco products or vapor products, or both, on the grounds of a public park, public playground, or public greenway as long as the public park, public playground, or public greenway is owned or controlled by the respective municipality or county. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 54 and Title 66.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0028.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2021 Passed — **243** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/5/2021 Passed — **920** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/23/2021 Passed — **72** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 4/6/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/27/2021 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kumar — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-30** Reset on Final cal. of Cities & Counties Subcommittee
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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.
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 574
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 574
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed809e57-06f2-4c72-aa22-7c1dd0911dc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).