---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes - As enacted, exempts methanol from gasoline and petroleum taxes and sales and use taxes when not blended or composed of other motor fuels. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67."
description: "Taxes - As enacted, exempts methanol from gasoline and petroleum taxes and sales and use taxes when not blended or composed of other motor fuels. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 692"
citation: "Tennessee SB 692 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Windle", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c7049eb-2dea-44e4-925a-a049f23eb414"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0692&GA=110"
source_hash: "3e09980c6dfe3056b5a81ce93ddad36d74898334edafc5ac73bcc68f33f8a41a"
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 692 (110) — Taxes - As enacted, exempts methanol from gasoline and petroleum taxes and sales and use taxes when not blended or composed of other motor fuels. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

## 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/SB0692.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/19/2018 PASSED — **26–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/29/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–2** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Windle — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee-- Finance, Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-11** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2018
- **2018-02-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/5/2018
- **2018-02-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-05** Reset on cal. for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-12** Re-ref. Transportation Committee
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0858) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0858) `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 924
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 924

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c7049eb-2dea-44e4-925a-a049f23eb414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).