HB1469

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to food and food ingredients.

Introduced·1/5/26

Tennessee HB1469 amends food tax laws, imposing a 4% tax on retail food sales while exempting SNAP purchases.

Tennessee HB1469 amends the state's tax code to impose a 4% tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption. However, it exempts food and food ingredients purchased with an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card by recipients of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits from this tax. This change takes effect on July 1, 2026.

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History

Jan 21

House

Withdrawn.

Jan 14

House

P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Jan 14

House

Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee