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Read. Follow. Verify.Tennessee bill exempts retail sales of milk, eggs, and bread from state food tax
Last action · November 5, 2026: Filed for introductionSponsors: Cameron Sexton and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Retail sales of milk, eggs, and bread for human consumption would be completely exempt from the state food retail sales tax under a bill introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly, lowering the current tax rate on these items from four percent to zero starting July 1, 2027.
The measure directly lowers the grocery costs for shoppers purchasing basic staples by eliminating the four percent state sales tax currently applied to milk, eggs, and bread.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
grocery shoppers
retail food sellers in Tennessee
Retailers must update their point-of-sale tax calculations to remove the four percent sales tax for milk, eggs, and bread.
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Procedural history
1 action- Nov 5, 2026HouseFiled for introduction
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