republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-817.md

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Bill	Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, makes the provision for the assessor of property recording with the register of deeds an application for the classification of property as agricultural, forest, or open space land discretionary instead of mandatory, and requires the property owner to record the application with the register of deeds if the assessor does not. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.	Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, makes the provision for the assessor of property recording with the register of deeds an application for the classification of property as agricultural, forest, or open space land discretionary instead of mandatory, and requires the property owner to record the application with the register of deeds if the assessor does not. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 817	Tennessee HB 817 (111)	bill	Taxes Real Property	enacted	Helton White	3	36	6	2019-02-05	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/d43ee2b9-a2b7-40f6-a384-c3d1076677fd	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0817&GA=111	697c2e94c1f09685a993e4f2694ae57aff87a7ff382416923d61c5b4b1c8a228	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 817 (111) — Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, makes the provision for the assessor of property recording with the register of deeds an application for the classification of property as agricultural, forest, or open space land discretionary instead of mandatory, and requires the property owner to record the application with the register of deeds if the assessor does not. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0211 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0256 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/20/2019 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed (2) — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Helton — primary (person)
• White — 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 Local Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
• 2019-04-02 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-02 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-09 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-18 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-18 Passed H., as am., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-18 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0211) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
• 2019-04-18 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/19
• 2019-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0256)
• 2019-04-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-22 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-24 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-29 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 322
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/08/2019
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 322

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d43ee2b9-a2b7-40f6-a384-c3d1076677fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).