---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, adds beekeeping to practices included in the Tennessee Community Gardening Act. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 44, Chapter 15."
description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, adds beekeeping to practices included in the Tennessee Community Gardening Act. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 44, Chapter 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "Tennessee HB 278 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardaway", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcdacf95-ee8a-49e2-beaa-f5a984f54327"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0278&GA=110"
source_hash: "09ae739a63047b1cd6f77ff8dfb6165611d931ee1e63bb489bbe96e1209715cd"
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 278 (110) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, adds beekeeping to practices included in the Tennessee Community Gardening Act. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 44, Chapter 15.

## 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/HB0278.pdf)

## Votes

- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2017 2/23/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2017 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/15/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hardaway — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 35
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/30/2017
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 35

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcdacf95-ee8a-49e2-beaa-f5a984f54327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).