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type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, specifies that a prospective purchaser of tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor products, or smokeless nicotine products must produce proof of age prior to the sale being made; increases from 30 to 50 years the apparent age above which a seller is not required to demand presentation of proof of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27."
description: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, specifies that a prospective purchaser of tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor products, or smokeless nicotine products must produce proof of age prior to the sale being made; increases from 30 to 50 years the apparent age above which a seller is not required to demand presentation of proof of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Tennessee SB 707 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco", "Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91d1e530-6023-4f19-854f-5e0d3e91ff17"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0707&ga=114"
source_hash: "5d90a8b2ee948118508f918f12a016e6c278354da1141ea6619a81699994c2f8"
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 707 (114) — Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, specifies that a prospective purchaser of tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor products, or smokeless nicotine products must produce proof of age prior to the sale being made; increases from 30 to 50 years the apparent age above which a seller is not required to demand presentation of proof of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0707.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Massey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 118
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91d1e530-6023-4f19-854f-5e0d3e91ff17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).