---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, prohibits a county board of health or county department of health from prohibiting or regulating agriculture except as otherwise authorized by law. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 2, Part 6."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, prohibits a county board of health or county department of health from prohibiting or regulating agriculture except as otherwise authorized by law. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 2, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1368"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1368 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30ceba50-55ab-4e21-a99f-bc80ebd86ecb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1368&GA=112"
source_hash: "09307440cdac3f8cf1a5ef10357c0e3e8d071b0f3e9258a3a9957befb306830e"
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 1368 (112) — Public Health - As enacted, prohibits a county board of health or county department of health from prohibiting or regulating agriculture except as otherwise authorized by law. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 2, Part 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0036** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0036.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0052** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0052.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1368.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2021 Passed (1) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/2/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/10/2021 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — **88–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0052)
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0036) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Effective date(s) 04/07/2021
- **2021-04-12** Pub. Ch. 106
- **2021-04-12** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 106

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30ceba50-55ab-4e21-a99f-bc80ebd86ecb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).