Meet Cultivate Tennessee

Cultivate Tennessee is a new non-profit trade association dedicated to supporting the cannabis industry in our state. We have engaged a powerful lobbying firm, Bass, Berry, and Simms, as our ally in the fight at hand. Of course, legislative action like this involves real cost. The best way for you to support your business and save hemp in Tennessee is to join Cultivate Tennessee today. The funds from your annual membership will go directly to support this effort and the campaigns to come for smart cannabis legislation in Tennessee.

Every dollar counts. Our Venmo link below allows you to either submit a donation or become a member. Any dollar amount is appreciated to help in this fight against the Delta-8 and Delta-10 ban.

Become a member of Cultivate Tennessee. Your membership includes immediate participation in our slack channel where we’re sharing live updates on all current cannabis bills and how to stay supportive through the process.

Individual Membership — $250
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Corporate Membership — $1500
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Out of State Membership — $2000
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There are several more steps in both houses before SB1904/HB1927 will be on the floor of the Senate or House. On the House side, the next committee will be the House Criminal Justice Committee. The bill could either fail outright, be amended with a friendly or unfriendly amendment, or pass in its current form. If it passes, it will have a negative fiscal note. That means it will be referred to the House Budget Subcommittee. Any bill with a negative fiscal note will have to go behind the budget. Behind the budget means it will be subject to an agreement behind the scenes as to whether the House and Senate finance chairs and speakers agree to pay for it. This will not be resolved either way for at least 3 weeks. If it is funded, it will then go to the House Full Finance Committee and could still fail on its merits. If it passes full finance, HB1927 would then go to the House Calendar and Rules committee. Typically, this is just a scheduling committee but controversial bills can be debated and die there. If it passes out of the calendar, then it will be on the House floor for a vote by all 99 members of the House. It will need 50 votes to pass.

On the Senate side, the road is a little shorter. The next stop for SB1904 will be the full Senate Finance Committee. The same budget conversation will have to happen with respect to whether House and Senate leadership, along with the governor, agree to cover the negative fiscal note. If they do reach an agreement, the finance committee will still have to pass it. If it does pass, then the next step would be the Senate floor.

There are 33 senators, and it will take 17 votes to pass.