Official Summary Text
Present law requires a county medical examiner or regional forensic center to test a decedent for the presence of any drugs, including therapeutic levels of psychotropic drugs, when the decedent is suspected to have committed a mass shooting that resulte
d in the deaths of four or more individuals. This bill removes that the mass shooting must have resulted in four or more deaths before testing is required and requires, instead, that such testing be done if a decedent is suspected to have committed a mas
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shooting in which four or more individuals sustained an injury or a reasonable person would conclude that person attempted to kill four or more individuals.
BLOOD OR URINE TESTING AFTER PROBABLE CAUSE
This bill requires a law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a person has committed a mass shooting to cause to be administered a blood or urine test for the purpose of determining the presence of any drugs, including therapeutic l
evels of psychotropic drugs. Such test must be administered by a qualified practitioner, which means a physician, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, clinical laboratory technician, technologist, phlebotomist with certain training, or a physician
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ssistant. Such testing must also be administered at a hospital.
Testing
This bill requires a qualified practitioner to procure the blood or urine sample from a person as soon as practicable as long as the person's life is not in jeopardy. A qualified practitioner must be considered to be acting in good faith once presented
with a search warrant or any other court order authorizing the procurement of a blood or urine sample. All reasonable force may be used to obtain the blood or urine sample from the person. Further, a qualified practitioner or hospital does not incur civ
il
or criminal liability as a result of procuring a blood or urine sample pursuant to this bill, except in a case of negligence.
Drug Interaction Study and Reporting
This bill requires the hospital where the blood or urine sample was procured and tested to send the sample and the results to the University of Tennessee's health science center college of pharmacy. The hospital is prohibited from disclosing any identif
ying information, including the person's name or social security number. The University of Tennessee's health science center college of pharmacy must study the drug interactions between the psychotropic drugs and any other drugs that were present in the
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rson's blood or urine and include any data collected in the quarterly reports submitted to the chief clerks of each house of the general assembly.
ON MARCH 30, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2088, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 makes the following revisions:
Removes the provision that requires a law enforcement officer, who has probable cause to believe that a person has committed a mass shooting, to have a qualified practitioner at a hospital administer a blood or urine test for the purpose of determining the presence of drugs. This amendment, instead, authorizes such law enforcement officer to ask if the person consents to a blood or urine test for the purpose of determining the presence of drugs and studying the interactions between psychotropic drugs and other drugs that are present in the person's blood or urine.
Requires the law enforcement officer to have a blood or urine test be administered by a qualified practitioner at a hospital if the person consents. However, if the person is a minor, then only the parent or legal guardian may consent to the blood or urine test for the minor.
Removes the provision that a qualified practitioner must be considered to be acting in good faith once presented with a search warrant or other court order authorizing the procurement of a blood or urine sample and such sample is drawn as soon as practicable. This amendment provides, instead, that a qualified practitioner must be considered to be acting in good faith once the person consents to the procurement of the blood or urine sample.
Removes the provision that a qualified practitioner may use all reasonable force to obtain the blood or urine sample from the person.
Clarifies that the health science center must study the drug interactions using available drug interaction software.
ON APRIL 14, 2026, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2088 FOR HOUSE BILL 2013, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2088, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that this bill does not preclude a law enforcement officer from seeking a search warrant.
ON APRIL 16, 2026, THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENT #1.
Current Bill Text
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SENATE BILL 2088
By Crowe
HOUSE BILL 2013
By Littleton
HB2013
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38;
Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to
psychotropic drugs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-7-109(c)(1)(A), is amended by
deleting "that resulted in the deaths of four (4) or more individuals".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-7-109(c)(5), is amended by
adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated subdivision:
( ) "Mass shooting" means:
(i) A shooting resulting in four (4) or more individuals sustaining an injury;
or
(ii) A shooting in which a reasonable person would conclude that the
decedent attempted to kill four (4) or more individuals;
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Health science center" has the same meaning as defined in § 38-7-
109;
(2) "Hospital" has the same meaning as defined in § 68-11-201;
(3) "Mass shooting" means:
(A) A shooting resulting in four (4) or more individuals sustaining
an injury; or
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(B) A shooting in which a reasonable person would conclude that
a person attempted to kill four (4) or more individuals;
(4) "Psychotropic drug" has the same meaning as defined in § 38-7-109;
and
(5) "Qualified practitioner" means:
(A) A physician;
(B) A registered nurse;
(C) A licensed practical nurse;
(D) A clinical laboratory technician;
(E) A technologist;
(F) A trained phlebotomist who is operating under a hospital
protocol, has completed phlebotomy training through an educational
entity providing such training, or has been properly trained by a current or
former employer to draw blood; or
(G) A physician assistant.
(b) A law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a person
has committed a mass shooting shall cause to be administered by a qualified practitioner
at a hospital a blood or urine test for the purpose of determining the presence of any
drugs, including therapeutic levels of psychotropic drugs.
(c)
(1) A qualified practitioner shall:
(A) Procure the blood or urine sample from a person as soon as
practicable as long as the person's life is not in jeopardy; and
(B) Test the person's blood or urine for the presence of any
drugs, including therapeutic levels of psychotropic drugs.
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(2) A qualified practitioner must be considered to be acting in good faith
once presented with a search warrant or any other court order authorizing the
procurement of a blood or urine sample and such sample is drawn as soon as
practicable.
(3) A qualified practitioner may use all reasonable force to obtain the
blood or urine sample from the person.
(4) A qualified practitioner or hospital shall not incur civil or criminal
liability as a result of procuring a blood or urine sample pursuant to this section,
except in a case of negligence.
(d)
(1) The hospital where the blood or urine sample was procured and
tested shall send to the health science center:
(A) The procured blood or urine sample, as described in
subdivision (c)(1)(A); and
(B) The results of the drug test, as described in subdivision
(c)(1)(B).
(2) The hospital shall not disclose any identifying information, including
the person's name or social security number.
(e)
(1) The health science center shall study the drug interactions between
the psychotropic drugs and any other drugs that were present in the person's
blood or urine.
(2) The health science center shall include any data collected pursuant to
this section to the quarterly reports submitted to the chief clerks of each house of
the general assembly in accordance with § 38-7-109.
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SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to mass shootings occurring on or after that date.