---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes counties and municipalities, by resolution or ordinance of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county or municipality at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 7."
description: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes counties and municipalities, by resolution or ordinance of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county or municipality at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2641"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2641 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sales", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7febc20-95bf-4645-bc63-ddbe745644d5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2641&GA=113"
source_hash: "b14996590caf9186adcab8e5058d3e98e00e6e724e2feaf5299a308375d94114"
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 2641 (113) — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes counties and municipalities, by resolution or ordinance of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county or municipality at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA1000** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA1000.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2641.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/21/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed — **70–19** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2024 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/18/2024 Passed — **89–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
- **2024-03-04** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-17** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1000)
- **2024-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 89, Nays 4 PNV 0 HB2641
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 917

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7febc20-95bf-4645-bc63-ddbe745644d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).