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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 77

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 72

By Representatives Howell, Russell, Atchley, Davis, Alexander, Sherrell, Butler, Littleton,
  Todd, White, Greg Martin, Doggett, Eldridge, Moody, Powers, Hawk, Capley, Hardaway

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 215

                                     By Senators Gardenhire, Hensley, Rose

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43, Chapter
27 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to hemp-derived cannabinoids.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 43-27-203(d), is amended by adding
the following language at the end of the subsection:

          A person violating subdivision (b)(2) or (b)(3) shall be sentenced to serve in the county
          jail or workhouse not less than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours nor more than eleven
          (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days and be fined not less than five hundred dollars
          ($500) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 43-27-204(b), is amended by deleting
the language "to a customer." and substituting instead the following:

          to a customer or an employee of the retail establishment who is younger than twenty-
          one (21) years of age. It is unlawful for a retailer to knowingly allow an employee
          younger than twenty-one (21) years of age to access, handle, or sell any product
          containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid on the premises of the retail establishment.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. - -72 - -

PASSED:  March 17, 2025

                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                         \            RANDY MCI~

                            SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

M ~ APPROVED this 'J.'b.i&... day of  2025

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR