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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
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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RANDY MCI ~
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
APPROVED this 'J.'b.i&... day of M~ 2025
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR