---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pest Control - As enacted, requires applicators to notify the department of agriculture prior to making aerial applications of pesticides via an online reporting system, instead of notifying county sheriff's offices. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 8."
description: "Pest Control - As enacted, requires applicators to notify the department of agriculture prior to making aerial applications of pesticides via an online reporting system, instead of notifying county sheriff's offices. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1885"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1885 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pest Control"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanderson", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5630966-02b4-41f0-b87b-093522edde88"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1885&GA=110"
source_hash: "308e58cdebcbbcdce2638e824a008fd2680706ee2e8cd6d4ec15f09c0115755a"
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 1885 (110) — Pest Control - As enacted, requires applicators to notify the department of agriculture prior to making aerial applications of pesticides via an online reporting system, instead of notifying county sheriff's offices. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 8.

## 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/SB1885.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/8/2018 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2018 PASSED — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/8/2018
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 798
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/20/2018; 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 798

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5630966-02b4-41f0-b87b-093522edde88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).