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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 789
SENATE BILL NO. 1603
By Haile, Gardenhire, Yager
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1972
By Farmer, Lamberth, Sparks
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 24; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38;
Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67; Title
68 and Title 71, relative to medical cannabis.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-403(d), is amended by
redesignating the current subsection as subdivision (d)(1) and adding the following new subdivision:
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (d)(1), if marijuana is rescheduled or deleted as a
controlled substance under federal law, then the commissioner of mental health and
substance abuse services shall not reschedule or delete marijuana under this part and title
53, chapter 11, parts 3 and 4, unless the general assembly has established a regulatory
framework for marijuana and authorized the commissioner to reschedule or delete marijuana
as a controlled substance.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1603
PASSED: April 13, 2026
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