---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Bradford special school district, changes, from $1.82 to $1.98, the property tax rate for the Bradford special school district. - Amends Chapter 153 of the Private Acts of 1917."
description: "School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Bradford special school district, changes, from $1.82 to $1.98, the property tax rate for the Bradford special school district. - Amends Chapter 153 of the Private Acts of 1917."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1709"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1709 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Districts", "Special"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halford", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22e08c53-2d76-45ce-82dc-dd75fd2cad1c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1709&GA=112"
source_hash: "f2812a4dfa8e046de4a98b769496d4214943ca74732dfa0a5c77ff1a6950cb07"
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 1709 (112) — School Districts, Special - Pursuant to the request of the Bradford special school district, changes, from $1.82 to $1.98, the property tax rate for the Bradford special school district. - Amends Chapter 153 of the Private Acts of 1917.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1709.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2022 2/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Halford — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/17/2022
- **2022-02-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-02-24** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 1, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-04** Held on Senate desk. Local Bill
- **2022-03-04** Recalled from Senate Education Committee
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30** Pr. Ch. 40
- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 40

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22e08c53-2d76-45ce-82dc-dd75fd2cad1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).