republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2859.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forests and Forest Products - As enacted, requires the wildlife resources agency, when conducting sales of timber harvested from agency property, to comply with all processes followed by the department of agriculture, division of forestry for those sales. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 4 and Title 70."
description: "Forests and Forest Products - As enacted, requires the wildlife resources agency, when conducting sales of timber harvested from agency property, to comply with all processes followed by the department of agriculture, division of forestry for those sales. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 4 and Title 70."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2859"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2859 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forests and Forest Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Sherrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3834ba-d812-4426-ada5-3c54c4f41003"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2859&GA=112"
source_hash: "3286645a629c6be804a1421475f66767f0087bf3cebb9e11d152665d02c88de3"
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 2859 (112) — Forests and Forest Products - As enacted, requires the wildlife resources agency, when conducting sales of timber harvested from agency property, to comply with all processes followed by the department of agriculture, division of forestry for those sales. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 4 and Title 70.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0713** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0713.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0554** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0554.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2859.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **69–9** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/8/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Sherrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0554)
- **2022-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 9, PNV 7 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0713) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 798
- **2022-04-13** 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/6b3834ba-d812-4426-ada5-3c54c4f41003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).