govt.fyi
Back to HB 1968
Tennessee General Assembly· HB 1968Comp. SB subst.

Opioids - As enacted, adds Alvogen, Inc., Apotex Corp., and Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. to the list of companies that may be released by the attorney general for pending or future claims regarding opioids. - Amends , the official text

Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official PDF posted by the Tennessee General Assembly, fetched 2026-09-25. Page and line markers are part of the official record; nothing is edited or removed. This is the chaptered version. The official bill page.
...

::fl~r...1J:/\ AGRICU/  ::

                  ......

ff J Stuie enflMSl!e

                               PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 888

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1495

                                                               By Haile

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 1968

                                                            By Farmer

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20 and Title 33, relative to opioids.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 20-13-203, is amended by deleting the
language "and Purdue Pharma LP." wherever it appears and substituting instead the language
"Purdue Pharma LP., Alvogen, Inc., Apotex Corp., and Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc.".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 33-11-103(p}, is amended by deleting the
language "or Purdue Pharma LP." and substituting instead the language "Purdue Pharma LP.,
Alvogen, Inc., Apotex Corp., or Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc.".

          SECTION 3. If any provision of this act or the application of any provision of this act to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications
of the act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end, the
provisions of this act are severable.

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1495

PASSED:  April 16, 2026

                   ~ ~'-'. """"~~\.'-Ill
                         '             RANDY McNA-L~ L

                            SPEAKER OF THE SENA

                         CAMERONS&ION,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SR- APPROVED this  day o f ~           2026

                    • U-L-

                   BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.