---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forests and Forest Products - As enacted, requires designation of free-use areas where residents may remove downed and dead timber from state forests for their personal use under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 11, Chapter 4; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 43."
description: "Forests and Forest Products - As enacted, requires designation of free-use areas where residents may remove downed and dead timber from state forests for their personal use under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 11, Chapter 4; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 43."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1914"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1914 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forests and Forest Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e944291-2b1a-4645-8af1-d8ed3283d57e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1914&GA=110"
source_hash: "aad65063bacc57db218d816dccea3bb1ede596ff24a0fe9aa491b428bb6fdf66"
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 1914 (110) — Forests and Forest Products - As enacted, requires designation of free-use areas where residents may remove downed and dead timber from state forests for their personal use under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 11, Chapter 4; Title 29, Chapter 20 and 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/SB1914.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2018 PASSED (1) — **87–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/4/2018 PASSED — **30–1** (fail) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0825)
- **2018-03-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1029) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0912) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-04** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0912) `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 730
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018; 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 730

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e944291-2b1a-4645-8af1-d8ed3283d57e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).