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type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, clarifies that a substance that is approved by the U.S. food and drug administration and designated or scheduled under federal law by a final order published in the Federal Register, is generally considered to be in the same schedule as such substance is designated or scheduled under the federal schedule of controlled substances after the expiration of 30 days from the date of publication of the final order; authorizes a licensed healthcare prescriber who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances to prescribe a drug product that has been so scheduled if certain other criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Controlled Substances - As enacted, clarifies that a substance that is approved by the U.S. food and drug administration and designated or scheduled under federal law by a final order published in the Federal Register, is generally considered to be in the same schedule as such substance is designated or scheduled under the federal schedule of controlled substances after the expiration of 30 days from the date of publication of the final order; authorizes a licensed healthcare prescriber who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances to prescribe a drug product that has been so scheduled if certain other criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2136"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2136 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbea9293-cc11-412d-a686-bce52480a43f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2136&ga=114"
source_hash: "81047df872924f760ba9797d4249debe918bd5e3346a6c5f2978a91355386cff"
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 2136 (114) — Controlled Substances - As enacted, clarifies that a substance that is approved by the U.S. food and drug administration and designated or scheduled under federal law by a final order published in the Federal Register, is generally considered to be in the same schedule as such substance is designated or scheduled under the federal schedule of controlled substances after the expiration of 30 days from the date of publication of the final order; authorizes a licensed healthcare prescriber who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances to prescribe a drug product that has been so scheduled if certain other criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0935** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0935.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1053** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1053.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0969** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0969.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2136.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (3) — **200** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (5) — **90** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/31/2026 Passed (4) — **200** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Terry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-27** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Ref. to Health Committee - Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1053) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0935) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
- **2026-04-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2026
- **2026-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Amendment withdrawn (Amendment 1 - SA0969)
- **2026-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1008
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbea9293-cc11-412d-a686-bce52480a43f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).