Tennessee House Bill 717 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-04-04 - Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [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.

Rep. Mike Sparks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-04	House	Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
2023-03-29	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2023
2023-03-28	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2023
2023-03-22	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
2023-03-21	House	Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-03-15	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
2023-03-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
2023-03-07	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2023
2023-03-01	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
2023-02-28	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/7/2023
2023-02-22	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2023
2023-02-01	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-02-01	House	P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-01-30	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-27	House	Filed for introduction

SB1115 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-06 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

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