---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, creates sales and use tax exemption for sale of public safety and public works-related goods to certain nonprofit property owners associations; exemption limited to $25,000 in sales and use taxes each year that would otherwise be imposed. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3."
description: "Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, creates sales and use tax exemption for sale of public safety and public works-related goods to certain nonprofit property owners associations; exemption limited to $25,000 in sales and use taxes each year that would otherwise be imposed. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 695"
citation: "Tennessee HB 695 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Exemption and Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70db37c0-ceb0-4f80-adeb-97d4e800d4d4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0695&GA=111"
source_hash: "a86796c3447f6eb15736347eb3b5f61d3bdb0f7e0178f1a8c9b6c6122b7785e8"
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 695 (111) — Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, creates sales and use tax exemption for sale of public safety and public works-related goods to certain nonprofit property owners associations; exemption limited to $25,000 in sales and use taxes each year that would otherwise be imposed. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0506.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0420.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0695.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/30/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-02-19** Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-02** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means with recommendation, as amended
- **2019-04-03** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0420)
- **2019-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0506) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 400
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 400
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70db37c0-ceb0-4f80-adeb-97d4e800d4d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).