---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Representative Johnny Shaw Tennessee Agricultural Innovation and Education Initiative.\" - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43."
description: "Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Representative Johnny Shaw Tennessee Agricultural Innovation and Education Initiative.\" - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1536"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1536 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shaw"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 52
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f1c1563-cb42-4dfc-b292-0e61b8c635c4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1536&ga=114"
source_hash: "e03fe6e62ebaa53dfa03361f8b8d2adb6830b24a107c489c62ce3342a771c2cc"
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 1536 (114) — Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Representative Johnny Shaw Tennessee Agricultural Innovation and Education Initiative." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0745.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1196.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA1248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1248.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0475** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0475.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA1095** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1095.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA1100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1100.pdf)
7. **Amendment SA1111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1111.pdf)
8. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1536.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 2/10/2026 Passed — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026 4/16/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY TODD AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 2/4/2026 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (3) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2026 Passed (5) — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY TODD AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed — **82–9** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (4) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 4 4/22/2026 Passed — **78–10** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 4 by Senator Watson 4/22/2026 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **85–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 1/28/2026
- **2026-01-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-01-26** Meeting Canceled
- **2026-01-28** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/4/2026
- **2026-02-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 2/10/2026
- **2026-02-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-23** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-22** H. concurred in S. am. no. 4 Ayes 78, Nays 10 PNV 1 HB1536
- **2026-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 4 - SA1111)
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA1100)
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1095)
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0475)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 8, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1248) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1196) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0745) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-15** Pub. Ch. 946

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f1c1563-cb42-4dfc-b292-0e61b8c635c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).