--- type: "Bill" title: "Taxes, Litigation - As enacted, allows Sevier County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in court cases in an amount not to exceed $100 per case to be used exclusively for the construction of a building to house legal proceedings and offices directly involved with the court system, and to renovate the county courthouse. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6." description: "Taxes, Litigation - As enacted, allows Sevier County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in court cases in an amount not to exceed $100 per case to be used exclusively for the construction of a building to house legal proceedings and offices directly involved with the court system, and to renovate the county courthouse. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 2719" citation: "Tennessee SB 2719 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Taxes", "Litigation"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Swann"] version_count: 1 action_count: 43 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2018-02-01" last_action: "2018-04-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/643460d6-885a-4a97-9ba6-ecc840cb1ffa" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2719&GA=110" source_hash: "1a592843d167a61690da2757f2d82e597c0b428cf3287402cf1b03bcf7fb2027" 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 2719 (110) — Taxes, Litigation - As enacted, allows Sevier County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in court cases in an amount not to exceed $100 per case to be used exclusively for the construction of a building to house legal proceedings and offices directly involved with the court system, and to renovate the county courthouse. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6. ## 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/SB2719.pdf) ## Votes - FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **83–1** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/15/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–2** (fail) · upper - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2018 Passed (2) — **6–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Farmer — primary (person) - Swann — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction` - **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee - **2018-02-05** P1C. - **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2018 - **2018-02-15** Sponsor change. - **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018 - **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2018 - **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/28/2018 - **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee - **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/6/2018 - **2018-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018 - **2018-03-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018 - **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018 - **2018-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar 3/15/18 - **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018 - **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018 - **2018-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2018-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage` - **2018-03-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018 - **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018 - **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 - **2018-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage` - **2018-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2018-04-05** Comp. SB subst. - **2018-04-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2018-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 797 - **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018 - **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 797 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/643460d6-885a-4a97-9ba6-ecc840cb1ffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).