---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, clarifies definition of \"agriculture\" for purposes of classification and assessment of property tax. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 43 and Title 67, Chapter 5."
description: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, clarifies definition of \"agriculture\" for purposes of classification and assessment of property tax. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 43 and Title 67, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 904"
citation: "Tennessee SB 904 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Wirgau"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c58890db-8d49-4df3-8a4f-4d3894e0db90"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0904&GA=110"
source_hash: "1ea3728aa13a84225fc8e191d6bec8aa0608b42545ea7f0d2422601cf350f632"
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 904 (110) — Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, clarifies definition of "agriculture" for purposes of classification and assessment of property tax. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 43 and 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/SB0904.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2017 Passed (1) — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/25/2017 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 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 4/5/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Wirgau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-17** 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
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **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** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 4/4/2017
- **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** 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
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee / Behind the Budget
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2017
- **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`
- **2017-04-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0323)
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0291) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 351
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/11/2017
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 351

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c58890db-8d49-4df3-8a4f-4d3894e0db90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).