republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2276.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, authorizes a nonprofit children's hospital located in Knox County or within a municipality located within Knox County to claim and file a property tax exemption as a religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institution or as an educational institution. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5."
description: "Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, authorizes a nonprofit children's hospital located in Knox County or within a municipality located within Knox County to claim and file a property tax exemption as a religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institution or as an educational institution. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2276"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2276 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matlock", "Pody"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29cb5322-f681-4354-86a6-ecf172e75480"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2276&GA=110"
source_hash: "6c40c08976497757bf9e4d39c644dd377667de1e3d84dfbde58bab34a94f7fcf"
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 2276 (110) — Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, authorizes a nonprofit children's hospital located in Knox County or within a municipality located within Knox County to claim and file a property tax exemption as a religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institution or as an educational institution. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

## 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/SB2276.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/17/2018 Passed (1) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/20/2018 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matlock — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1033) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0907)
- **2018-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 957
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 957
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29cb5322-f681-4354-86a6-ecf172e75480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).