---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends for an additional year, until June 30, 2023, the sales tax holiday for the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6."
description: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends for an additional year, until June 30, 2023, the sales tax holiday for the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2799"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2799 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sales", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts", "Sparks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e5cdbe7-d44d-467d-a8a9-16f8e4f20410"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2799&GA=112"
source_hash: "dd4c01655d6e4e68ac5be08a6ebedc2099f8ccf59aed05e49c2adfdbabf55408"
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 SB 2799 (112) — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends for an additional year, until June 30, 2023, the sales tax holiday for the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

## 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/SB2799.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/27/2022 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-15** Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee
- **2022-02-22** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ negative recommendation
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-26** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/28/2022
- **2022-04-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-05-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1053
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/25/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1053

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e5cdbe7-d44d-467d-a8a9-16f8e4f20410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).