---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes the Tennessee equine health advisory commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43."
description: "Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes the Tennessee equine health advisory commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2874"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2874 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Holt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48e04d1a-2d11-4af7-89de-6a5111b52152"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2874&GA=111"
source_hash: "4813b0f6e7775ed60531a8d92ee060d784724f7baba891e920ec6b77384a7239"
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 2874 (111) — Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes the Tennessee equine health advisory commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0903** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0903.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0904.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2874.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/16/2020 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2020 Passed (4) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee 2/26/2020 Passed (5) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/9/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2020 Passed (3) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 6/2/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/10/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020 6/11/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/17/2020 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Holt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P1C.
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to Final Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2020-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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 Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0904) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0903) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-17** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0904) `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0903) `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 808
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 07/15/2020
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 808

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48e04d1a-2d11-4af7-89de-6a5111b52152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).