---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the classification of property for tax purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5."
description: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the classification of property for tax purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 768"
citation: "Tennessee HB 768 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d132ea-ed76-42c8-8fb2-053025ef15df"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0768&GA=110"
source_hash: "ec8f830bcb0478d9bf2fb07d1c1b1a555fe15f755791c39a7b07ca1ba1dbbc56"
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 768 (110) — Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding the classification of property for tax purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

## 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/HB0768.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (2) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/26/2017 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017 3/30/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/21/2017 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0234) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0401)
- **2017-04-20** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0322)
- **2017-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 94, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0768
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 297
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/05/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 297

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16d132ea-ed76-42c8-8fb2-053025ef15df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).