---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item that contains Allura Red AC; Erythrosine B; Tartrazine; Sunset Yellow FCF; Erioglaucine disodium salt; Indigo carmine; or Fast Green FCF. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item that contains Allura Red AC; Erythrosine B; Tartrazine; Sunset Yellow FCF; Erioglaucine disodium salt; Indigo carmine; or Fast Green FCF. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2423"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2423 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4ba0d16-ffa6-4a2c-a242-b34e00e1d37f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2423&ga=114"
source_hash: "e363c96bb734140b49a0382c1e23999538042eba71243c09c25216f6ecf28b36"
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 2423 (114) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item that contains Allura Red AC; Erythrosine B; Tartrazine; Sunset Yellow FCF; Erioglaucine disodium salt; Indigo carmine; or Fast Green FCF. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0591** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0591.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0497.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2423.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **71–5** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 2/18/2026 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Failed — **56–32** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0497)
- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-09** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 5, PNV 15 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0591) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-03-09** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02** Effective date(s) 03/25/2026
- **2026-04-02** Pub. Ch. 619

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4ba0d16-ffa6-4a2c-a242-b34e00e1d37f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).