---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - As enacted, authorizes the creation of a corn promotion board and an assessment of one cent per bushel sold if a majority of corn producers voting in a referendum on the question vote in favor of such measures. - Amends TCA Title 43."
description: "Agriculture - As enacted, authorizes the creation of a corn promotion board and an assessment of one cent per bushel sold if a majority of corn producers voting in a referendum on the question vote in favor of such measures. - Amends TCA Title 43."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1709"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1709 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae6cb3e6-64e3-4bdc-95a6-e904a0c017a4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1709&GA=110"
source_hash: "5d5934b4f7314b6384a408a7710ae4db820e262b6bae38eedf3fec96f2d13fbc"
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 1709 (110) — Agriculture - As enacted, authorizes the creation of a corn promotion board and an assessment of one cent per bushel sold if a majority of corn producers voting in a referendum on the question vote in favor of such measures. - Amends TCA Title 43.

## 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/110/Bill/SB1709.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/1/2018 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/3/2018 Passed (1) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/14/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-01** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0671) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
- **2018-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0590)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 870
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 870
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/03/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae6cb3e6-64e3-4bdc-95a6-e904a0c017a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).