Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 1716: Education - As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5.

In committee Last action May 15, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 947

Plain-language summary

SB 1716 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5. Primary sponsor: Joey Hensley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 15, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 947.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Joey Hensley (Republican).