---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, declares that regional and municipal airport authorities are public and governmental bodies and the property and revenues of the authorities are exempt from all taxation. - Amends TCA Title 42."
description: "Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, declares that regional and municipal airport authorities are public and governmental bodies and the property and revenues of the authorities are exempt from all taxation. - Amends TCA Title 42."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1992"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1992 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aircraft and Airports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44db229-f0e9-4350-b813-0ec705ef82fb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1992&GA=111"
source_hash: "2f85f30a161b662e4bbf027279d802be3e432b19a0c6f98e17bffd740cb58ece"
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 1992 (111) — Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, declares that regional and municipal airport authorities are public and governmental bodies and the property and revenues of the authorities are exempt from all taxation. - Amends TCA Title 42.

## 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/111/Bill/HB1992.pdf)

## Votes

- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/4/2020 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/26/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2020-01-31** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 2/12/2020
- **2020-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2020
- **2020-06-02** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/3/20
- **2020-06-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-04** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 680
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 680
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/15/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f44db229-f0e9-4350-b813-0ec705ef82fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).