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type: "Bill"
title: "Herbal Products and Natural Foods - As enacted, expands definition of \"wild ginseng\" to include ginseng introduced or increased in abundance in its natural habitat by introducing plantlets sourced from wild ginseng stock; defines plantlets. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 8, Part 2."
description: "Herbal Products and Natural Foods - As enacted, expands definition of \"wild ginseng\" to include ginseng introduced or increased in abundance in its natural habitat by introducing plantlets sourced from wild ginseng stock; defines plantlets. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 8, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 919"
citation: "Tennessee SB 919 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Herbal Products and Natural Foods"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c31d614-62c7-4a5b-a11c-1fb3cf68afac"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0919&GA=111"
source_hash: "7bc62cc5dec6c72bbaa305d6cf527c06cb1fdbf8b345a0b86893dfb67b5f977c"
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 919 (111) — Herbal Products and Natural Foods - As enacted, expands definition of "wild ginseng" to include ginseng introduced or increased in abundance in its natural habitat by introducing plantlets sourced from wild ginseng stock; defines plantlets. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 8, Part 2.
## 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/111/Bill/SB0919.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/26/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2019 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2019 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2019 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Faison — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/4/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-01** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/4/2019
- **2019-03-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3-21-19
- **2019-03-18** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 125
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/09/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 125
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c31d614-62c7-4a5b-a11c-1fb3cf68afac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).