---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, clarifies that a deed is treated as a quitclaim deed for transfer tax purposes if the deed only conveys the grantor's interest to the grantee, and that a deed containing language evidencing an intent to convey the property itself or warranties of title is taxed as a transfer of a freehold estate; specifies that the recordation tax provisions do not affect the validity of the underlying transfer or conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4."
description: "Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, clarifies that a deed is treated as a quitclaim deed for transfer tax purposes if the deed only conveys the grantor's interest to the grantee, and that a deed containing language evidencing an intent to convey the property itself or warranties of title is taxed as a transfer of a freehold estate; specifies that the recordation tax provisions do not affect the validity of the underlying transfer or conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2196"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2196 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Privilege", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keisling", "Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dc7ae5b-7686-48a7-b93e-76c5b39f5c88"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2196&GA=112"
source_hash: "6ee082879e60fa12f334bedb322a83c97086c76b1e3ff9ef0e0ebce265184952"
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 2196 (112) — Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, clarifies that a deed is treated as a quitclaim deed for transfer tax purposes if the deed only conveys the grantor's interest to the grantee, and that a deed containing language evidencing an intent to convey the property itself or warranties of title is taxed as a transfer of a freehold estate; specifies that the recordation tax provisions do not affect the validity of the underlying transfer or conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0610** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0610.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0729** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0729.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2196.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/2/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keisling — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0610) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0729)
- **2022-03-31** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-31** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 834
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 834

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dc7ae5b-7686-48a7-b93e-76c5b39f5c88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).