Food and Food Products - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Food Freedom Act" to specify circumstances when persons may sell certain homemade food products without meeting certain permitting and licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 53 and Title 68.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Feb 9, 2021
Signed Apr 14, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 28, 2022 · House Mar 21, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed
Total votes 31
Mar 28, 2022
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
47
Key actions
19
Committee
18
Amendments
2
Apr 14, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Mar 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0677)
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0251)
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0677)
lower
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 3, PNV 2
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
lower
Mar 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/15/2022
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
lower
May 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Apr 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Committee
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/7/2021
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0085)
upper
Mar 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
upper
Feb 20, 2021
Committee
Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Committee
P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 9, 2021
Introduced
Filed for introduction
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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