# Tennessee HB 0901: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, relative to century farms.

Tennessee HB 0901, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, relative to century farms., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-28 (Effective date(s) 04/11/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0901
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, relative to century farms.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-04-28, Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 28
- Subjects: Agriculture
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 6 (211 yes, 20 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Free signs for Tennessee century farms: benefit, low. Effective upon becoming law, the Tennessee Century Farms Act creates recognition for farms operating continuously for more than 100 years. Farms must include at least 10 acres of the founder’s original farm and earn at least $1,000 in yearly revenue. They must remain in the founder’s family for at…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clark Boyd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Burkhart
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Crawford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Monty Fritts (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Garrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Harold Love, Jr. (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Susan M. Lynn (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Pat Marsh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brock Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jay D. Reedy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Todd Warner (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/31/2025 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-06 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2025 | pass | 86 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-06 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/6/2025 | pass | 71 | 20 |   |
| 2025-03-03 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-25 | House | HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | House | HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (31)

- 2025-04-28: Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- 2025-04-28: Pub. Ch. 200
- 2025-04-11: Signed by Governor.
- 2025-04-03: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House)
- 2025-04-03: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-02: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House)
- 2025-03-31: Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 6 (House)
- 2025-03-06: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-05: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-03: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-03: Objected to on Consent Calendar. (House)
- 2025-02-27: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/3/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-02-20: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-19: Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 2/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-19: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee (House)
- 2025-02-12: Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/19/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-12: Sponsor change. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Sponsor(s) withdrawn. (House)
- 2025-02-10: Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-02-06: P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee (House)
- 2025-02-05: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0200.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0901.pdf)
- HA0018: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0018.pdf)
- HA0019: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0019.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0901.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0200.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0901.pdf)
- [HA0018 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0018.pdf)
- [HA0019 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0019.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0901.pdf)

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- [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0901-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).