---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Institutions - As enacted, revises certain fees payable to the secretary of state by certain charitable organizations; increases from $500,000 to $1,000,000 the amount of gross revenue received during a fiscal year to trigger certain reporting requirements; assesses a late fee per month on certain financial reports that are not timely filed. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17, Part 1 and Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5."
description: "Charitable Institutions - As enacted, revises certain fees payable to the secretary of state by certain charitable organizations; increases from $500,000 to $1,000,000 the amount of gross revenue received during a fiscal year to trigger certain reporting requirements; assesses a late fee per month on certain financial reports that are not timely filed. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17, Part 1 and Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1708"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1708 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCalmon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b65eef3-3cc1-4c5e-a9b1-a691bcb2d8fb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1708&GA=113"
source_hash: "25dd0c551032f60cd02fbb5506d2f2ae7c737f24f43cb9d228b09cb56d0255a3"
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 1708 (113) — Charitable Institutions - As enacted, revises certain fees payable to the secretary of state by certain charitable organizations; increases from $500,000 to $1,000,000 the amount of gross revenue received during a fiscal year to trigger certain reporting requirements; assesses a late fee per month on certain financial reports that are not timely filed. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17, Part 1 and Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1708.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2024 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 1/24/2024 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/21/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 1/31/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCalmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 1/24/2024
- **2024-01-24** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 1/31/2024
- **2024-01-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-31** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/4/2024
- **2024-03-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-04** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2024-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Effective date(s) 03/27/2024, 07/01/2024
- **2024-04-03** Pub. Ch. 615

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b65eef3-3cc1-4c5e-a9b1-a691bcb2d8fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).