Tennessee Senate Bill SB2602

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/2/26
• Engrossed: 2/23/26
• Enrolled: 4/1/26
• Passed: 4/14/26
• Chaptered: 4/24/26

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 44, Chapter 15 and Title 53, relative to honey.

Summary

SB2602 amends Tennessee law to update a quantity threshold for honey from 150 gallons to 835 gallons in two separate provisions of the Tennessee Code. The bill is titled as an act relative to honey and makes a narrow technical change to statutory language in Title 53 and Title 44, Chapter 15, replacing the older gallon amount with a much larger amount. The practical effect is to change how Tennessee law classifies or regulates honey-related activity under the referenced statutes, likely affecting producers, handlers, or businesses that deal in honey at scale. Because the bill only changes the numeric threshold and does not add new regulatory programs, it functions as a targeted statutory update rather than a broad policy overhaul.

Impact

The bill directly amends Tennessee Code Annotated Section 53-1-102(38) and Section 53-8-103(14)(B)(v) by increasing the referenced honey quantity threshold from 150 gallons to 835 gallons. This changes the operative standard in those provisions and may alter which honey-related operations fall within the scope of the affected statutes. No other substantive changes to state law are made in the text provided.

Sentiment

The available voting history suggests strong bipartisan support and little controversy. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee recommended passage unanimously, and the floor motion to adopt also passed unanimously. There are no committee transcript excerpts indicating opposition or debate, which suggests the bill was viewed as a routine or technical adjustment.

Contention

No notable points of contention are evident in the provided materials. The bill appears to be a narrow, industry-specific statutory update focused on honey quantity thresholds, and the unanimous committee and floor votes indicate that legislators did not identify significant disagreement over its substance. Any practical questions would likely concern how the revised gallon threshold affects regulated honey operations, but no such disputes are reflected in the record provided.