---
type: "Bill"
title: "Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires operators liable for the collection and payment to the county of a mineral severance tax to keep and preserve records necessary to determine the amount of the tax due and payable to the county for three years. - Amends Chapter 89 of the Private Acts of 1979."
description: "Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires operators liable for the collection and payment to the county of a mineral severance tax to keep and preserve records necessary to determine the amount of the tax due and payable to the county for three years. - Amends Chapter 89 of the Private Acts of 1979."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1603"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1603 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Benton County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey", "Stevens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b08f37fc-c932-497d-a390-7f1d5d6b97ff"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1603&GA=112"
source_hash: "868ddb27f2760e67f461db34e4a8036c7574b9af28f30bb22b6252ad81fc0270"
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 1603 (112) — Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires operators liable for the collection and payment to the county of a mineral severance tax to keep and preserve records necessary to determine the amount of the tax due and payable to the county for three years. - Amends Chapter 89 of the Private Acts of 1979.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0188.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1603.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **83–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 83, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0188) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 15
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b08f37fc-c932-497d-a390-7f1d5d6b97ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).