---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, establishes standards for proper branding of meat and poultry as \"Tennessee-raised\" for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 53."
description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, establishes standards for proper branding of meat and poultry as \"Tennessee-raised\" for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 53."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2049"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2049 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niceley", "Sparks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edfef95f-aec4-49dd-b6b3-da042dbe56ca"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2049&GA=111"
source_hash: "51f8ac986db69b3cfdf71adc4ff142f1c72262ee12bf47662aa6ecf973cfcc1a"
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 2049 (111) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, establishes standards for proper branding of meat and poultry as "Tennessee-raised" for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 53.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0787** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0787.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2049.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/2/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/9/2020 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/10/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/10/2020 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Niceley — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0787) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-10** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0787) `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 725
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 10/01/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 725

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edfef95f-aec4-49dd-b6b3-da042dbe56ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).