---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, specifies that return of the receipt for a mailed summons or notice that is either signed by the defendant or marked refused is grounds for a default judgment in a delinquent property tax case. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-2415."
description: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, specifies that return of the receipt for a mailed summons or notice that is either signed by the defendant or marked refused is grounds for a default judgment in a delinquent property tax case. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-2415."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Tennessee SB 257 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tillis", "Tracy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93f67d14-8727-429b-809a-d70c0fa59c27"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0257&GA=110"
source_hash: "0333bfa1c057a84775dfb9278a8e3fe19927548d4b153550acde5ee1a42f2e60"
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 257 (110) — Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, specifies that return of the receipt for a mailed summons or notice that is either signed by the defendant or marked refused is grounds for a default judgment in a delinquent property tax case. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-2415.

## 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/SB0257.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tillis — primary (person)
- Tracy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 198
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 198
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-09** Intro., placed on H. consent cal. #3 for 4/9/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93f67d14-8727-429b-809a-d70c0fa59c27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).