HB 173 - Prohibits Local Government from Enacting Drug-Related Sanctions - Tennessee Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- April 12, 2017
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 27, 2017
- House Bill Passed
- March 23, 2017
- Introduced
- Feb. 9, 2017
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Title: Prohibits Local Government from Enacting Drug-Related Sanctions
Signed by Governor Bill Haslam
Title: Prohibits Local Government from Enacting Drug-Related Sanctions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill clarifying that state law preempts local government from enacting regulations of or sanctions for conduct involving drugs or other similar substances.
Highlights:
- Prohibits counties, cities, towns, municipalities, or metropolitan forms of government from enacting or adopting sanctions for conduct involving a drug or other substance if the sanction for that conduct is established as a criminal offense other than a Class C misdemeanor (Sec. 1).
Title: Prohibits Local Government from Enacting Drug-Related Sanctions
Title: Prohibits Local Government from Enacting Drug-Related Sanctions