---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, authorizes local governing bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to prorate the 2016 tax assessment for a homeowner's real property or business owner's personal property, if the property was damaged as a result of a FEMA certified disaster between September 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016; expires on December 31, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
description: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, authorizes local governing bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to prorate the 2016 tax assessment for a homeowner's real property or business owner's personal property, if the property was damaged as a result of a FEMA certified disaster between September 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016; expires on December 31, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 52"
citation: "Tennessee HB 52 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Overbey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1afad0e3-a0dc-4f34-8f66-f83c3c2147bc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0052&GA=110"
source_hash: "19d3e82b059ca333f374be328f8b954664ded2b974e4a25cafb5911734a0e2bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 52 (110) — Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, authorizes local governing bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to prorate the 2016 tax assessment for a homeowner's real property or business owner's personal property, if the property was damaged as a result of a FEMA certified disaster between September 1, 2016, and December 31, 2016; expires on December 31, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0052.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/14/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/21/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/1/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2017 3/9/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Overbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/7/2017
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Refer to Senate Revenue Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee with recommendation, as amended
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0006) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0004)
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 11
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 11
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/24/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1afad0e3-a0dc-4f34-8f66-f83c3c2147bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).