{"id":2214,"date":"2026-02-27T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=2214"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:47:13","slug":"tennessee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=2214","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee &#8211; BANNED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">BANNED<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Enacted Legislation:<\/strong> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/provivetn.com\/tennessee-kratom-ban-july-1-2026\/\">HB 1649 \/ SB 1656<\/a><\/strong> (&#8220;Matthew Davenport&#8217;s Law&#8221;) was passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Bill Lee.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Provisions &amp; Effective Date:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Went into full effect on <strong>July 1, 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prohibits the sale, distribution, and possession of kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products statewide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TN\/bill\/SB1656\/2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TN\/bill\/SB1656\/2025\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#135881\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SB1656<\/mark><\/strong><\/a> AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to Kratom. &#8220;Matthew Davenport&#8217;s Law,&#8221;<br>Status: Introduced on January 14 2026 &#8211; 25% progression<br>Action: 2026-04-17 &#8211; Sponsor(s) Added.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TN\/bill\/HB2594\/2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TN\/bill\/HB2594\/2025\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#135881\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>HB2594<\/strong><\/mark><\/a> As introduced, enacts the &#8220;Tennessee Kratom Consumer Protection Act.&#8221; &#8211; Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 43 and Title 57.<br>Status: Introduced on February 3 2026 &#8211; 25% progression<br>Action: 2026-03-10 &#8211; Sponsor change.<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TN\/bill\/HB1649\/2025\">HB1649<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0<strong>House Judiciary Committee: March 18, 2026<\/strong><br>AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to Kratom. &#8220;Matthew Davenport&#8217;s Law,&#8221;<br>Status: Enrolled on April 23 2026 &#8211; 75% progression<br>Action: 2026-04-23 &#8211; Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.<br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ea1111\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BANNED Enacted Legislation: HB 1649 \/ SB 1656 (&#8220;Matthew Davenport&#8217;s Law&#8221;) was passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. Key Provisions &amp; Effective Date: SB1656 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3289,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2214\/revisions\/3289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}