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type: "Bill"
title: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, specifies that a food warehouse license is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point, if certain requirements met, and that a retail food store permit is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point. - Amends TCA Title 53."
description: "Food and Food Products - As enacted, specifies that a food warehouse license is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point, if certain requirements met, and that a retail food store permit is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point. - Amends TCA Title 53."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 702"
citation: "Tennessee HB 702 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Food Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks K", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95892f5d-08f7-4137-b592-a15d1230ab32"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0702&GA=110"
source_hash: "b64174c378f945bda3ca73b201d86d9f0708ae48d11842e90a0231b03d7577b5"
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 702 (110) — Food and Food Products - As enacted, specifies that a food warehouse license is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point, if certain requirements met, and that a retail food store permit is not required to operate a farm to consumer distribution point. - Amends TCA Title 53.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0702.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017 4/13/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/29/2017 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brooks K — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0257)
- **2017-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0346) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0345) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-24** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0346) `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 272
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 272
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95892f5d-08f7-4137-b592-a15d1230ab32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).