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HB1099 • 2026

Food and Food Products

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53, relative to foods that contain nanotechnology.

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Sponsor
Towns, Kyle
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to Special Calendar 37
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Food Labeling for Nanotechnology

This bill requires food containing human-made nanotechnology that can collect and transmit data to be labeled as such.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires food products with human-made nanotechnology that collects or transmits data to have a label stating they contain nanotechnology.
  • Adds new rules about selling, delivering for sale, holding for sale, or offering for sale of foods containing nanotechnology without proper labeling.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Food manufacturers and sellers in Tennessee
  • Consumers buying food products in Tennessee

Terms To Know

nanotechnology
Human-made structures, devices, or systems that are designed by manipulating atoms and molecules to be very small (less than 100 nanometers) and can collect and transmit data.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what kind of label must be used.
  • It is unclear how the law will be enforced or what penalties there might be for non-compliance.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & Welfare Committee

  2. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/17/2026

  3. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to Special Calendar 37

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/26/2025

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  7. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/26/2025

  8. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  9. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  10. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  11. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee

  12. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee - Health Committee

  13. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  14. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  15. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  16. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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SENATE BILL 1156
By Kyle

HOUSE BILL 1099
By Towns

HB1099
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47,
Chapter 18 and Title 53, relative to foods that
contain nanotechnology.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-1-103(a), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:
( ) The sale, delivery for sale, holding for sale, or offering for sale of food that
contains nanotechnology, unless the food is labeled as containing nanotechnology. As
used in this subdivision (a)( ), "nanotechnology" means human-created structures,
devices, and systems that are designed by manipulating atoms and molecules having
one (1) or more dimensions of the order of one hundred (100) nanometers or less and
that have the capability of collecting and transmitting data;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.