---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, establishes and revises certain provisions related to exemptions for persons affected by certain natural disasters. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
description: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, establishes and revises certain provisions related to exemptions for persons affected by certain natural disasters. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 494"
citation: "Tennessee HB 494 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Overbey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98acbd4c-5ca5-4644-99b5-324c6b1012ce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0494&GA=110"
source_hash: "5d4fdebc97b51f9446b91591aa107a5d383e6f6ffca0b516a28c1506f4c34fc2"
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 494 (110) — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, establishes and revises certain provisions related to exemptions for persons affected by certain natural disasters. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4 and 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0494.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017 5/8/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/8/2017 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/8/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Overbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Refer to Senate Revenue Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-03-10** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ neutral recommendation
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0513)
- **2017-05-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0640) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 390
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 390
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98acbd4c-5ca5-4644-99b5-324c6b1012ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).