republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-779.md

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Bill	Taxes, Sales - As enacted, increases, from $100,000 to $300,000, the maximum amount of annual sales that charitable entities whose primary purpose is fundraising in support of a city, county, or metropolitan library system may make to be excluded from the definition of "business" for sales tax purposes; specifies that such entities may make online sales. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102.	Taxes, Sales - As enacted, increases, from $100,000 to $300,000, the maximum amount of annual sales that charitable entities whose primary purpose is fundraising in support of a city, county, or metropolitan library system may make to be excluded from the definition of "business" for sales tax purposes; specifies that such entities may make online sales. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 779	Tennessee HB 779 (111)	bill	Taxes Sales	enacted	Ramsey Swann	3	37	6	2019-02-05	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/8a193c87-3e8e-4429-a3d8-0bded65fa0d0	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0779&GA=111	d8e610cc42a243c69cb56b955484d240e8ce846873aad0ff7de3cebadda94494	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 779 (111) — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, increases, from $100,000 to $300,000, the maximum amount of annual sales that charitable entities whose primary purpose is fundraising in support of a city, county, or metropolitan library system may make to be excluded from the definition of "business" for sales tax purposes; specifies that such entities may make online sales. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0486 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0166 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ramsey — primary (person)
• Swann — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• 2019-02-19 Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee
• 2019-02-27 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed behind the budget
• 2019-03-12 Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/recommendation, as amended
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-26 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-02 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-04-04 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-04 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0166)
• 2019-04-08 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-04-17 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-24 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
• 2019-04-24 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-24 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-24 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-29 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-30 Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-30 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0486) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-30 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-05-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-05-02 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 392
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 392
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a193c87-3e8e-4429-a3d8-0bded65fa0d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).