---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equalization Board - As enacted, changes the standard of review for property tax appeals by limiting review to the record before the hearing examiner. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1505 and Section 67-5-1506."
description: "Equalization Board - As enacted, changes the standard of review for property tax appeals by limiting review to the record before the hearing examiner. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1505 and Section 67-5-1506."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Tennessee SB 238 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Equalization Board"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cc7ed3c-b12d-4c59-9615-1ee3ce58754f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0238&GA=110"
source_hash: "b57dd876dc989778e0153c96eff20cd60d04cfc9a8ebba80d479d34a49f166b1"
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 SB 238 (110) — Equalization Board - As enacted, changes the standard of review for property tax appeals by limiting review to the record before the hearing examiner. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1505 and Section 67-5-1506.

## 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/SB0238.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/14/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 133
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 133

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cc7ed3c-b12d-4c59-9615-1ee3ce58754f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).