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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 Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

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.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joey HensleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 947
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Companion House Bill substituted
  4. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
  5. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
  6. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  7. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/8/2026
  8. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  9. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
  10. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
  11. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  12. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source