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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires the clerk or authorized collector of the county pulpwood severance tax to audit pulpwood operators at least once a year and to report the results of such audits to the county legislative body on a quarterly basis; requires operators to maintain records from the previous three years of operation necessary to determine the amount of the tax due to the county. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1997."
+description: "Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires the clerk or authorized collector of the county pulpwood severance tax to audit pulpwood operators at least once a year and to report the results of such audits to the county legislative body on a quarterly basis; requires operators to maintain records from the previous three years of operation necessary to determine the amount of the tax due to the county. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1997."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 1625"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1625 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Benton County"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Griffey", "Stevens"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-03-02"
+last_action: "2021-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fd73d90-ac99-4956-bb5a-0100569389b4"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1625&GA=112"
+source_hash: "7ef01a1f9f883763ba5d89fa69e09b400707bec54337d7827797bc77a725933d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 1625 (112) — Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires the clerk or authorized collector of the county pulpwood severance tax to audit pulpwood operators at least once a year and to report the results of such audits to the county legislative body on a quarterly basis; requires operators to maintain records from the previous three years of operation necessary to determine the amount of the tax due to the county. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1997.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1625.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Griffey — primary (person)
+- Stevens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-03-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-03-08** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
+- **2021-03-08** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
+- **2021-03-23** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
+- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
+- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
+- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
+- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/12/2021
+- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2021-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2021-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2021-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2021-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 16
+- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 16
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fd73d90-ac99-4956-bb5a-0100569389b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+