---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, authorizes persons who are 65 or older to file professional privilege tax documents and payment in paper form in lieu of any required electronic form; permits the commissioner of revenue to require that the paper filing or payment be accompanied by a manual handling fee. - Amends TCA Title 67."
description: "Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, authorizes persons who are 65 or older to file professional privilege tax documents and payment in paper form in lieu of any required electronic form; permits the commissioner of revenue to require that the paper filing or payment be accompanied by a manual handling fee. - Amends TCA Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1591"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1591 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Privilege", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c74c6eb8-e895-41b4-8878-7e8f6e9872d5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1591&GA=113"
source_hash: "4c20114e2976815ec9c12ea01fdb06022ce3025b191c2bac231e89b4ebe8d22a"
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 1591 (113) — Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, authorizes persons who are 65 or older to file professional privilege tax documents and payment in paper form in lieu of any required electronic form; permits the commissioner of revenue to require that the paper filing or payment be accompanied by a manual handling fee. - Amends TCA Title 67.

## 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/SB1591.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2024 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2024 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee
- **2024-02-20** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Mean Committee w/ recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-03-15** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2024
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/11/2024
- **2024-04-17** Pub. Ch. 672

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c74c6eb8-e895-41b4-8878-7e8f6e9872d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).