Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB2380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 18; Title 29, Chapter 39 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 11, relative to civil actions.
Status: Chaptered, May 18, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 13, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2412, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, revise present law that authorizes the attorney general to bring an action to enforce compliance with the Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act or intervene as a matter of right in a case in which the constitutionality of such act is challenged. This amendment removes this provision and authorizes, instead, the attorney general to bring a civil action to (i) enforce compliance with the act; or (ii) impose a civil penalty, as provided below, for a knowing violation of the present law prohibition on a manufacturer, supplier, pharmacy, physician, qualified physician, or other person from providing an abortion-inducing drug to a patient via courier, delivery, or mail service. Generally, this amendment authorizes the attorney general to impose a civil penalty $10,000 per such violation. However, if a court determines that an individual suffered serious bodily injury or death due to a violation, then the attorney general may impose a civil penalty of $1,000,000. Each individual to whom an abortion-inducing drug is provided constitutes a separate violation.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
House Health 1 Amendment No. 1 to HB2380 Terry Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 2412* House Bill No. 2380 by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-1108, is amended by deleting the section and substituting: (a) The attorney general and reporter may bring a civil action or (2) Impose a civil penalty, as described in subsection (b), for a knowing violation of § 63-6-1103(b). (b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2), the attorney general and reporter may impose a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation of § 63-6-1103(b). (2) If a court determines that an individual suffered serious bodily injury or death due to a violation of § 63-6-1103(b), then the attorney general and reporter may impose a civil penalty of one million dollars ($1,000,000). (3) Each individual to whom an abortion-inducing drug is provided in violation of § 63-6-1103(b) constitutes a separate violation. SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to actions occurring on or after that date. HA0951