republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-215.md

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Bill	Taxes, Sales - As enacted, excludes from the definition of "tangible personal property" for sales and use tax purposes certain mains, pipes, pipelines, and tanks and certain railroads, railroad structures, substructures, tracks and the metal thereon, branches, switches, and other improvements thereon; deems all as realty upon installation for purposes of sales tax laws. - Amends TCA Title 67.	Taxes, Sales - As enacted, excludes from the definition of "tangible personal property" for sales and use tax purposes certain mains, pipes, pipelines, and tanks and certain railroads, railroad structures, substructures, tracks and the metal thereon, branches, switches, and other improvements thereon; deems all as realty upon installation for purposes of sales tax laws. - Amends TCA Title 67.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 215	Tennessee SB 215 (112)	bill	Sales Taxes	enacted	Hazlewood Watson	2	41	7	2021-01-12	2021-04-12	openstates	ocd-bill/1cab50c4-64b4-4b0c-9051-9b5f6e1febfe	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0215&GA=112	6d3eada53246bf62133ad14d8b7598f55a7bda75843c484665c3c15129e95886	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 215 (112) — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, excludes from the definition of "tangible personal property" for sales and use tax purposes certain mains, pipes, pipelines, and tanks and certain railroads, railroad structures, substructures, tracks and the metal thereon, branches, switches, and other improvements thereon; deems all as realty upon installation for purposes of sales tax laws. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment SA0080 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/3/2021 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (2) — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2021 Passed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2021 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hazlewood — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-13 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-01-14 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2021-01-19 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Revenue Subcommittee
• 2021-02-24 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
• 2021-03-01 Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/2/2021
• 2021-03-02 Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-03 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/9/2021
• 2021-03-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-09 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-09 Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ recommendation committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-09 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
• 2021-03-11 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/15/2021
• 2021-03-15 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2021-03-16 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2021
• 2021-03-16 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-03-16 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-03-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-18 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-03-18 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-03-18 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0080)
• 2021-03-18 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-03-18 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-03-22 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/25/21
• 2021-03-25 H. concurred in S. am. no. SA1 Ayes 88, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0131
• 2021-03-26 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-03-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-03-31 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-03-31 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-04-12 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86
• 2021-04-12 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-04-12 Pub. Ch. 86

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cab50c4-64b4-4b0c-9051-9b5f6e1febfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).