---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - As enacted, creates an exception to certain offenses for persons transporting hemp concentrate with a THC content that does not exceed 5 percent from the place where the concentrate was produced to a place where the concentrate will be diluted into products with a THC content that does not exceed 0.3 percent; enacts related requirements and authorizes the commissioner of agriculture to provide, on at least a quarterly basis, a list of persons with a hemp license to the department of safety, for the department's publication on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27."
description: "Agriculture - As enacted, creates an exception to certain offenses for persons transporting hemp concentrate with a THC content that does not exceed 5 percent from the place where the concentrate was produced to a place where the concentrate will be diluted into products with a THC content that does not exceed 0.3 percent; enacts related requirements and authorizes the commissioner of agriculture to provide, on at least a quarterly basis, a list of persons with a hemp license to the department of safety, for the department's publication on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 694"
citation: "Tennessee SB 694 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurt", "Niceley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a00a5d1-dda6-432e-b809-57a1c9ea1121"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0694&GA=112"
source_hash: "df9f5f67582be307e7abc94d3fafdb4c0772bcb41d0c76f4f55b37af4c40fe7a"
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 SB 694 (112) — Agriculture - As enacted, creates an exception to certain offenses for persons transporting hemp concentrate with a THC content that does not exceed 5 percent from the place where the concentrate was produced to a place where the concentrate will be diluted into products with a THC content that does not exceed 0.3 percent; enacts related requirements and authorizes the commissioner of agriculture to provide, on at least a quarterly basis, a list of persons with a hemp license to the department of safety, for the department's publication on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0779** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0779.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0694.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: 3/8/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/3/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed — **80–7** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/11/2022 Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hurt — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/8/2021
- **2021-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
- **2021-03-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
- **2022-01-19** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 1/25/2022
- **2022-01-25** Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 7, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0779) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0779) `passage`
- **2022-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/22/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 907
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 907

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a00a5d1-dda6-432e-b809-57a1c9ea1121`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).