---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic and Community Development - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to perform a study of the potential, overall effects of creating a grant and loan program administered by the department of economic and community development to encourage the financing and development of food desert relief enterprises that sell fresh food in low-income, underserved areas of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
description: "Economic and Community Development - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to perform a study of the potential, overall effects of creating a grant and loan program administered by the department of economic and community development to encourage the financing and development of food desert relief enterprises that sell fresh food in low-income, underserved areas of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2634"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2634 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Love", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e5002c0-eda2-425b-8699-dc3c6514e9ce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2634&GA=110"
source_hash: "daa036e3ffffeaae6dca66ded2ec80ecddaa31a229f2984990d390d11bf1473b"
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 2634 (110) — Economic and Community Development - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to perform a study of the potential, overall effects of creating a grant and loan program administered by the department of economic and community development to encourage the financing and development of food desert relief enterprises that sell fresh food in low-income, underserved areas of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

## 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/SB2634.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **74–10** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2018 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Love — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ recommendation, as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-03-29** Senate Reset on calendar 4/2/18
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0944)
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 10, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0761) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 795
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/20/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 795

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e5002c0-eda2-425b-8699-dc3c6514e9ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).