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type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Litigation - As enacted, allows Sevier County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in court cases in an amount not to exceed $100 per case to be used exclusively for the construction of a building to house legal proceedings and offices directly involved with the court system, and to renovate the county courthouse. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6."
description: "Taxes, Litigation - As enacted, allows Sevier County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in court cases in an amount not to exceed $100 per case to be used exclusively for the construction of a building to house legal proceedings and offices directly involved with the court system, and to renovate the county courthouse. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2719"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2719 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Litigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Swann"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/643460d6-885a-4a97-9ba6-ecc840cb1ffa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2719&GA=110"
source_hash: "1a592843d167a61690da2757f2d82e597c0b428cf3287402cf1b03bcf7fb2027"
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 2719 (110) — Taxes, Litigation - As enacted, allows Sevier County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in court cases in an amount not to exceed $100 per case to be used exclusively for the construction of a building to house legal proceedings and offices directly involved with the court system, and to renovate the county courthouse. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
## 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/SB2719.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **831** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/15/2018 PASSED (1) — **292** (fail) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2018 Passed (2) — **61** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Farmer — primary (person)
- Swann — 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 Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-15** Sponsor change.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar 3/15/18
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 797
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 797
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/643460d6-885a-4a97-9ba6-ecc840cb1ffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).