---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act and establishes a state meat inspection program. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 29; Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53 and Title 68."
description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act and establishes a state meat inspection program. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 29; Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "Tennessee HB 394 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reedy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/673c257b-b8e3-40d1-bd7d-799566e61c32"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0394&GA=113"
source_hash: "d3940957457c0918ee0b7b58e25ae61dc940c635c576f61d3800b6455573c558"
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 394 (113) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act and establishes a state meat inspection program. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 29; Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0293** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0293.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0083** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0083.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0494** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0494.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0394.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2023 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/19/2023 4/18/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/12/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2023 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **85–9** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/7/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/29/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/19/2023 4/18/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/12/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-14** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-14** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-15** Action def. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee to 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-22** Action def. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee to 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/3/2023
- **2023-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2023
- **2023-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/19/2023
- **2023-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 9, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0293) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0494)
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0083)
- **2023-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
- **2023-06-02** Pub. Ch. 380

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/673c257b-b8e3-40d1-bd7d-799566e61c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).