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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, clarifies that a person 19 or older does not need a license or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or other similar food commodities if the person is supporting a 501(c)(3) organization, and a component of such organization's mission is to provide temporary accommodations for children in relationship to their placement in the custody of the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 14."
+description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, clarifies that a person 19 or older does not need a license or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or other similar food commodities if the person is supporting a 501(c)(3) organization, and a component of such organization's mission is to provide temporary accommodations for children in relationship to their placement in the custody of the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 14."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "HB 2020"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2020 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cochran"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be54f9d8-d170-4483-9329-f19d7bbf9cda"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2020&ga=114"
+source_hash: "304e3cffeb3ef98be48379576c55ee40f2a16365b0d41fb098fb3e3646374bdc"
+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 HB 2020 (114) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, clarifies that a person 19 or older does not need a license or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or other similar food commodities if the person is supporting a 501(c)(3) organization, and a component of such organization's mission is to provide temporary accommodations for children in relationship to their placement in the custody of the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 14.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0674** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0674.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0723** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0723.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2020.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (4) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 3/12/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2026 Passed (3) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **85–7** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cochran — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2026-02-04** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
+- **2026-02-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/3/2026
+- **2026-03-03** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/10/2026
+- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2026
+- **2026-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2026-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2026-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
+- **2026-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026
+- **2026-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2026-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0674) `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2026-03-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2026-03-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2026-03-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0723)
+- **2026-03-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2026-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/16/2026
+- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 754
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be54f9d8-d170-4483-9329-f19d7bbf9cda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+