---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, revises provisions governing real and personal property tax exemption for certain religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institutions. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212."
description: "Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, revises provisions governing real and personal property tax exemption for certain religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institutions. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 786"
citation: "Tennessee SB 786 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Ad Valorem"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Sargent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e99c128f-add4-463e-bf31-ee6c00924d6d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0786&GA=110"
source_hash: "7eee7846e42e9ebb1e07e29287af34f42d96306ed037031f4a5f17e6583dbfba"
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 786 (110) — Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, revises provisions governing real and personal property tax exemption for certain religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institutions. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.

## 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/SB0786.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/4/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/18/2017 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/8/2017 Passed — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Sargent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Re-ref. Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0287)
- **2017-04-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0272) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 409
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 409

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e99c128f-add4-463e-bf31-ee6c00924d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).