Tennessee Senate Bill 1115

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-06 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, includes fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or certain fentanyl derivatives or analogues as a chemical warfare agent when intended for use in a war or other attack to cause disease or death in humans, animals, or plants; categorizes fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, thereby making it a Class B felony for any person, without lawful authority, to possess, develop, manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, weaponize, or retain fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or certain fentanyl derivatives or analogues. - Amends TCA Title 39.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to weapons of mass destruction.

Sen. Janince Bowling [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-02-02	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0717 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-04 - Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1115&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1115.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0717.pdf