---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates Sherwood Forest in Franklin County and Walnut Knob in Smith County as Class II natural areas. - Amends TCA Section 11-14-108."
description: "Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates Sherwood Forest in Franklin County and Walnut Knob in Smith County as Class II natural areas. - Amends TCA Section 11-14-108."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2153"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2153 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks", "Natural Areas Preservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7291e6-54ce-4732-a48d-216835bd2c91"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2153&GA=111"
source_hash: "d30da76d50798b97385b6d401e26c3b795e79166637d138346923649233601bc"
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 2153 (111) — Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates Sherwood Forest in Franklin County and Walnut Knob in Smith County as Class II natural areas. - Amends TCA Section 11-14-108.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2153.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2020 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/25/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed (2) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/2/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/8/2020 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-03** Meeting Canceled. Reset on Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee cal. for 3/10/20
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-11** Meeeting Canceled. Reset on Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee cal. for 3/17/20
- **2020-03-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-08** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 729
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 729

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7291e6-54ce-4732-a48d-216835bd2c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).