republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/sb-1603.md

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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, clarifies that if marijuana is rescheduled or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law, the commissioner is prohibited from rescheduling or deleting marijuana under state law, unless the general assembly has established a regulatory framework for marijuana and authorized the commissioner to reschedule or delete marijuana as a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 24; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, clarifies that if marijuana is rescheduled or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law, the commissioner is prohibited from rescheduling or deleting marijuana under state law, unless the general assembly has established a regulatory framework for marijuana and authorized the commissioner to reschedule or delete marijuana as a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 24; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1603"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1603 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd1c8477-e79e-48a1-811d-3257309ba817"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1603&ga=114"
source_hash: "e45fc255a043fb0edbb4d8a1595829b814550a6079f97b016b91327bb21e4c25"
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 1603 (114) — Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, clarifies that if marijuana is rescheduled or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law, the commissioner is prohibited from rescheduling or deleting marijuana under state law, unless the general assembly has established a regulatory framework for marijuana and authorized the commissioner to reschedule or delete marijuana as a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 24; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0938** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0938.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0768** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0768.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1603.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 1 3/17/2026 Passed — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 2 PNV 1
- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 12 `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0768)
- **2026-03-30** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0938) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-27** Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
- **2026-04-27** Pub. Ch. 789

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd1c8477-e79e-48a1-811d-3257309ba817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).