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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 754
HOUSE BILL NO. 2020
By Representatives Cochran, Tim Hicks, Reneau
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1821
By Senators Lowe, Bowling
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 14, relative to food
safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-14-722, is amended by deleting
the section and substituting:
Notwithstanding this part to the contrary:
(1) A person eighteen (18) years of age or younger does not need a
license or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or
other similar food commodities at public events; and
(2) A person nineteen (19) years of age or older does not need a license
or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or other
similar food commodities if the person is supporting a 501 (c)(3) organization, as
described in 26 U.S.C. § 501 (c)(3), and a component of the organization's
mission is to provide temporary accommodations for children in relationship to
their placement in the custody of the department of children's services.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 2020
PASSED: March 26, 2026
CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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' RANDY MCN..I.Ly
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
Apr;\ APPROVED this J\,-tl-- day of 2026
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