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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a violation of the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs or a conspiracy to violate such law to be punished as second degree murder if the substance involved is fentanyl or carfentanyl, or any analogue or derivative thereof, either alone or in combination with any substance scheduled as a controlled substance by the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, including controlled substance analogues, and the violation resulted in the death of another person. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a violation of the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs or a conspiracy to violate such law to be punished as second degree murder if the substance involved is fentanyl or carfentanyl, or any analogue or derivative thereof, either alone or in combination with any substance scheduled as a controlled substance by the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, including controlled substance analogues, and the violation resulted in the death of another person. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2229"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2229 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/176fb656-9d38-4f5b-928c-11ed177b634d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2229&GA=113"
source_hash: "5d27bfd0cfbded439bbc09913decf8a87526a68d6fa70fa4220cbbee83e7040f"
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 2229 (113) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a violation of the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs or a conspiracy to violate such law to be punished as second degree murder if the substance involved is fentanyl or carfentanyl, or any analogue or derivative thereof, either alone or in combination with any substance scheduled as a controlled substance by the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, including controlled substance analogues, and the violation resulted in the death of another person. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0930** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0930.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0924** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0924.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2229.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — **280** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/1/2024 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2024 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lowe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-26** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
- **2024-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2024
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0924)
- **2024-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-11** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0930) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 957
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/176fb656-9d38-4f5b-928c-11ed177b634d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).