Tennessee House of Representatives bill in Session 114.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 31, 2025.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to substance use.
Present law prohibits a person who is experiencing a drug overdose and who in good faith seeks medical assistance for or is the subject of a request for medical assistance from be ing arrested, charged, or prosecuted for a drug violation if the evidence for the arrest, charge, or prosecution of the drug violation resulted from seeking such medical assistance. Present law provides that t his immunity applies to a person experiencing a drug overdose on the person's first drug overdose and that the responding law enforcem ent officer or the district attorney general's offic e may apply such immunity to a person 's subsequent drug overdose at the ir discretion. This bill expands the immunity to more than just the first drug overdose by removing these provisions.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-03-31 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-03-31 | Latest Action | Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |