# Tennessee HB 1536: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 43, relative to the Tennessee Agricultural Innovation and Education Initiative. Tennessee HB 1536, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 43, relative to the Tennessee Agricultural Innovation and Education Initiative., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-15 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1536-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 1536 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 43, relative to the Tennessee Agricultural Innovation and Education Initiative. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-05-15, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 31 - Subjects: Agriculture, Dept. of - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 12 (467 yes, 33 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Open contracts and IP protections for partners: benefit, low. Starting July 1, 2026, the Department can hire private, nonprofit, or academic partners to run parts of the program. When picking partners, it must weigh experience with farm media, digital tools, statewide education, farmer partnerships, audience reach, and support for small, minority, and beginni… - Stronger oversight and rulemaking for program: benefit, low. After the third fiscal year ends, the Comptroller evaluates the program and posts a report. The report covers participation, jobs and education results, audience engagement, and taxpayer return on investment. After that, the Department evaluates every two years and reports by January 1. Contracted… - Annual $1 million for farm innovation: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the law provides for an annual $1 million appropriation, subject to yearly approval. Money can fund partner contracts, outreach and training, technology and platform integration, program administration, and evaluation. The Department is encouraged to seek private, federal, a… - New help for Tennessee farms and students: benefit, low. The law creates a new Tennessee Agricultural Innovation and Education Initiative. The Department of Agriculture runs it. It starts July 1, 2026. The program funds farm education, job training, and digital tools. It helps with e-commerce onboarding, youth career paths, and marketing for state-grown… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Shaundelle Brooks (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Karen D. Camper (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Jesse Chism (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Vincent Dixie (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Jeremy Faison (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bob Freeman (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Ronnie Glynn (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Yusuf Hakeem (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: T.J. Hardaway (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Torrey C. Harris (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Harold Love, Jr. (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Pat Marsh (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Sam McKenzie (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Larry J. Miller (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Bo Mitchell (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Antonio Parkinson (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Justin J. Pearson (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Jason Powell (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Towns - Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ryan Williams (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 | pass | 85 | 8 | | | 2026-04-22 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 4 by Senator Watson 4/22/2026 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY TODD AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 | pass | 82 | 9 | | | 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY TODD AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 | pass | 94 | 0 | | | 2026-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2026 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 4 4/22/2026 | pass | 78 | 10 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 13 | 0 | | | 2026-03-23 | House | HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 1 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 5 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (52) - 2026-05-15: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-15: Pub. Ch. 946 - 2026-05-07: Signed by Governor. - 2026-05-06: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-05-05: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-28: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-04-22: H. concurred in S. am. no. 4 Ayes 78, Nays 10 PNV 1 HB1536 (House) - 2026-04-22: H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26 (House) - 2026-04-22: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 4 - SA1111) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA1100) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1095) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0475) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-04-22: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 8, PNV 1 (House) - 2026-04-22: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-22: H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1248) (House) - 2026-04-22: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1196) (House) - 2026-04-22: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0745) (House) - 2026-04-16: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026 (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026 (House) - 2026-04-15: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026 (House) - 2026-04-15: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026 (House) - 2026-04-08: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026 (House) - 2026-04-08: Placed behind the budget (House) - 2026-04-01: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026 (House) - 2026-03-23: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House) - 2026-03-23: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House) - 2026-03-18: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/23/2026 (House) - 2026-03-16: Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/23/2026 (House) - 2026-03-11: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/16/2026 (House) - 2026-03-09: Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/16/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/9/2026 (House) - 2026-03-02: Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/9/2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/2/2026 (House) - 2026-02-10: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee (House) - 2026-02-04: Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 2/10/2026 (House) - 2026-02-04: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee (House) - 2026-02-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-01-28: Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/4/2026 (House) - 2026-01-26: Meeting Canceled (House) - 2026-01-22: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-01-21: Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 1/28/2026 (House) - 2026-01-15: Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-15: P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee - Government Operations for Review (House) - 2026-01-14: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2026-01-13: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0745, 2026-04-22: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0745.pdf) - HA1196, 2026-04-22: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1196.pdf) - HA1248, 2026-04-22: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1248.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0946.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1536.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1536.pdf) - SA0475: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0475.pdf) - SA1095: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1095.pdf) - SA1100: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1100.pdf) - SA1111: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1111.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. (failed) - HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (failed) - HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (failed) - HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (failed) - HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (failed) - SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (failed) ## Sources - [HA0745 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0745.pdf) - [HA1196 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1196.pdf) - [HA1248 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1248.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0946.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1536.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1536.pdf) - [SA0475 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0475.pdf) - [SA1095 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1095.pdf) - [SA1100 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1100.pdf) - [SA1111 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1111.pdf) ## Related - [HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1380-2025-2026) - [HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1346-2025-2026) - [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026) - [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026) - [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026) - [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1536-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).