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TN HB0464

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/28/2025

Primary Sponsor

Esther Helton-Haynes

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Origin

House of Representatives

114th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Removes the limitation that drug overdose immunity from arrest, charges, or prosecution only applies automatically to a person's first overdose
  • Eliminates the provision giving law enforcement officers and district attorneys discretion over whether to grant immunity for subsequent overdoses
  • Expands protections under Tennessee's Good Samaritan overdose law to apply regardless of how many overdoses a person has experienced
  • Effective date: July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to substance use.

Drugs, Synthetic or Analogue

Last Action

Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

2/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/12/2025

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