---
type: "Bill"
title: "Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires the clerk or authorized collector of the county pulpwood severance tax to audit pulpwood operators at least once a year and to report the results of such audits to the county legislative body on a quarterly basis; requires operators to maintain records from the previous three years of operation necessary to determine the amount of the tax due to the county. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1997."
description: "Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires the clerk or authorized collector of the county pulpwood severance tax to audit pulpwood operators at least once a year and to report the results of such audits to the county legislative body on a quarterly basis; requires operators to maintain records from the previous three years of operation necessary to determine the amount of the tax due to the county. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1997."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1604"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1604 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Benton County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/098d6187-3e4c-441b-a6d6-149bd9a2ec2a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1604&GA=112"
source_hash: "120a2580d455ebcef1ef7bb542224107c82c054deedde1fd44434bcd9ce7f82b"
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 HB 1604 (112) — Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires the clerk or authorized collector of the county pulpwood severance tax to audit pulpwood operators at least once a year and to report the results of such audits to the county legislative body on a quarterly basis; requires operators to maintain records from the previous three years of operation necessary to determine the amount of the tax due to the county. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1997.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1604.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 16
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 16

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/098d6187-3e4c-441b-a6d6-149bd9a2ec2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).