---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, increases from 150 gallons to 835 gallons the annual threshold amount of honey at or above which a honey producer is subject to food manufacturing and inspection requirements. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 15 and Title 53."
description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, increases from 150 gallons to 835 gallons the annual threshold amount of honey at or above which a honey producer is subject to food manufacturing and inspection requirements. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 15 and Title 53."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2602"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2602 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb3f01c-e7ee-4745-8dca-3cdddf7c225e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2602&ga=114"
source_hash: "2bdc646e48d14f2a16a416062ec58c9b4b549c927441e4984e8fbd0f777b2a9c"
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 2602 (114) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, increases from 150 gallons to 835 gallons the annual threshold amount of honey at or above which a honey producer is subject to food manufacturing and inspection requirements. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 15 and Title 53.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2602.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-03** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 1, PNV 10 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/14/2026
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 740

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fb3f01c-e7ee-4745-8dca-3cdddf7c225e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).