---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Food Freedom Act\" to specify circumstances when persons may sell certain homemade food products without meeting certain permitting and licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 53 and Title 68."
description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Food Freedom Act\" to specify circumstances when persons may sell certain homemade food products without meeting certain permitting and licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 53 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 693"
citation: "Tennessee SB 693 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty", "Niceley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b84205fe-ce63-45bb-ae45-936d34bb9842"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0693&GA=112"
source_hash: "8781da1db4a23f737fe1f0495e58a723900173f17eab144ddcd97fd892dbf8e2"
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 693 (112) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Food Freedom Act" to specify circumstances when persons may sell certain homemade food products without meeting certain permitting and licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 53 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0251** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0251.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0677** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0677.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0085** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0085.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0693.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/7/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed — **82–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/17/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 3/28/2022 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/30/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lafferty — 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 Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0085)
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 3, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0677) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0251) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0677) `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 862
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 862

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b84205fe-ce63-45bb-ae45-936d34bb9842`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).