---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, revises law relative to a financial institution applying for a credit against the sum total of the taxes imposed by the \"Franchise Tax law\" and by the \"Excise Tax law.\" - Amends TCA Title 67."
description: "Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, revises law relative to a financial institution applying for a credit against the sum total of the taxes imposed by the \"Franchise Tax law\" and by the \"Excise Tax law.\" - Amends TCA Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2156"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2156 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Exemption and Credits", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8c2fa5e-c05b-4929-b13a-561368cad9dc"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2156&ga=114"
source_hash: "f53a4d171650e4ee3ca9e7172a181625fe15a59b5d82a4343b489862f98097d9"
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 2156 (114) — Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, revises law relative to a financial institution applying for a credit against the sum total of the taxes imposed by the "Franchise Tax law" and by the "Excise Tax law." - Amends TCA Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0619** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0619.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA1103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1103.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2156.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (3) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (4) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026 4/16/2026 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed (2) — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2026 Passed — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **88–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-25** Ref. to Government Operations Committee for Review - Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-22** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 88, Nays 1 PNV 1 HB2156
- **2026-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1103)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 1, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0619) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1009

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8c2fa5e-c05b-4929-b13a-561368cad9dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).