SB 2423 Tennessee Senate · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)

Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item that contains Allura Red AC; Erythrosine B; Tartrazine; Sunset Yellow FCF; Erioglaucine disodium salt; Indigo carmine; or Fast Green FCF. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

SB 2423 amends Tennessee law to prohibit all artificial food dyes in school food and beverages, expanding from the current restriction on only Red 40 (Allura Red AC). It requires local education agencies and public charter schools to stop selling, offering for sale, or providing to students any food or beverage containing artificial dyes on school property through school nutrition programs or authorized third parties. This change affects all public schools in Tennessee that sell or distribute food on campus. The bill takes effect upon becoming law.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Signed Mar 25, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0591)
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 5, PNV 15
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0497)
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3, PNV 1
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Rusty Crowe
RRepublican
TN
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