Bill Title: As enacted, authorizes, if approved by the department of health, any nongovernmental organization, including an organization that promotes scientifically proven ways of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, to establish and operate a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-10)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-23 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 413 [HB0770 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Patsy Hazlewood [R]	Primary	N/A	N/A	HD-027	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative JoAnne Favors [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-028	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Darren Jernigan [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-060	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeremy Faison [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-6871	HD-011	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harold Love [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-3831	HD-058	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative G.A. Hardaway [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-5625	HD-093	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Glen Casada [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-063	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Williams [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-1875	HD-042	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jimmy Eldridge [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-073	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cameron Sexton [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-2343	HD-025	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Wirgau [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-075	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andrew Farmer [R]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-4419	HD-017	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Brenda Gilmore [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-019	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Clemmons [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-4410	HD-055	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Larry Miller [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-4453	HD-088	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sherry Jones [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-059	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jason Powell [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-6861	HD-053	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rick Staples [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-015	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Craig Fitzhugh [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-082	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Stewart [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-052	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joe Pitts [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-067	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bill Beck [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-051	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Raumesh Akbari [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-1767	SD-029	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Johnnie Turner [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-085	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Johnny Shaw [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-4538	HD-080	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joe Towns [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-2189	HD-084	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Cooper [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-086	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bo Mitchell [D]	Cosponsor	Email	615-741-4317	HD-050	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dwayne Thompson [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-096	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bob Ramsey [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-020	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Holsclaw [R]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-004	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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