---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, exempts from licensure certain producers of small amounts of non-hazardous food intended for commerce; makes various changes to food safety laws. - Amends TCA Section 53-1-103; Section 53-1-208; Title 53, Chapter 12; Section 53-2-107; Title 53, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 53, Chapter 9."
description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, exempts from licensure certain producers of small amounts of non-hazardous food intended for commerce; makes various changes to food safety laws. - Amends TCA Section 53-1-103; Section 53-1-208; Title 53, Chapter 12; Section 53-2-107; Title 53, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 53, Chapter 9."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 299"
citation: "Tennessee HB 299 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f730a71-7b85-4262-b162-ba28608739f8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0299&GA=110"
source_hash: "160bd8a3ef9abea9ed2992aa94c4336e07cbfc40380adc3e9c54ad6706933349"
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 299 (110) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, exempts from licensure certain producers of small amounts of non-hazardous food intended for commerce; makes various changes to food safety laws. - Amends TCA Section 53-1-103; Section 53-1-208; Title 53, Chapter 12; Section 53-2-107; Title 53, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 53, Chapter 9.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0299.pdf)

## Votes

- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/1/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/15/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017 3/30/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/22/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/7/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 150
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 150
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/17/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f730a71-7b85-4262-b162-ba28608739f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).