---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, increases, from $100,000 to $300,000, the maximum amount of annual sales that charitable entities whose primary purpose is fundraising in support of a city, county, or metropolitan library system may make to be excluded from the definition of \"business\" for sales tax purposes; specifies that such entities may make online sales. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102."
description: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, increases, from $100,000 to $300,000, the maximum amount of annual sales that charitable entities whose primary purpose is fundraising in support of a city, county, or metropolitan library system may make to be excluded from the definition of \"business\" for sales tax purposes; specifies that such entities may make online sales. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 779"
citation: "Tennessee HB 779 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramsey", "Swann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a193c87-3e8e-4429-a3d8-0bded65fa0d0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0779&GA=111"
source_hash: "d8e610cc42a243c69cb56b955484d240e8ce846873aad0ff7de3cebadda94494"
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 779 (111) — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, increases, from $100,000 to $300,000, the maximum amount of annual sales that charitable entities whose primary purpose is fundraising in support of a city, county, or metropolitan library system may make to be excluded from the definition of "business" for sales tax purposes; specifies that such entities may make online sales. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0486** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0486.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0166.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0779.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramsey — primary (person)
- Swann — 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`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** 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
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-03-12** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/recommendation, as amended
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0166)
- **2019-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0486) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 392
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 392
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a193c87-3e8e-4429-a3d8-0bded65fa0d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).