republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-695.md

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Bill	Taxes - As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax rate that may be levied by a county on all sand, gravel, sandstone, chert, and limestone severed from the ground within its jurisdiction; removes the authorization for Smith County to allocate its mineral severance tax to the county general fund or a fund other than its county road fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 2.	Taxes - As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax rate that may be levied by a county on all sand, gravel, sandstone, chert, and limestone severed from the ground within its jurisdiction; removes the authorization for Smith County to allocate its mineral severance tax to the county general fund or a fund other than its county road fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 695	Tennessee HB 695 (114)	bill	Taxes	enacted	Baum	3	30	7	2025-02-03	2025-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/f0369b7d-2792-4ff1-9cdb-b1cf4b5be625	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0695&ga=114	4dd03f61e35ebf4e890532f538f0e701c087cc7fb6fdc2890ee8ae45db9bed2b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 695 (114) — Taxes - As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax rate that may be levied by a county on all sand, gravel, sandstone, chert, and limestone severed from the ground within its jurisdiction; removes the authorization for Smith County to allocate its mineral severance tax to the county general fund or a fund other than its county road fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 2.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0023 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0035 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (4) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/19/2025 Passed — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — 18–1 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (3) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — 28–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — 85–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Baum — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-03 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-05 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2025-02-06 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/19/2025
• 2025-02-19 Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/26/2025
• 2025-02-19 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
• 2025-02-26 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-05 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/11/2025
• 2025-03-05 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-11 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-12 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
• 2025-03-13 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
• 2025-03-17 Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 8, PNV 1 passage
• 2025-03-17 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0023) amendment-passage
• 2025-03-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2025-03-20 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-04-10 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 1 passage
• 2025-04-10 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0035)
• 2025-04-10 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2025-04-11 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2025-04-14 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-04-15 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-04-16 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-04-28 Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
• 2025-04-28 Pub. Ch. 285

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0369b7d-2792-4ff1-9cdb-b1cf4b5be625. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).