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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 695"
citation: "Tennessee HB 695 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0369b7d-2792-4ff1-9cdb-b1cf4b5be625"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0695&ga=114"
source_hash: "4dd03f61e35ebf4e890532f538f0e701c087cc7fb6fdc2890ee8ae45db9bed2b"
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 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](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0023.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0035** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0035.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0695.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (2) — **00** (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) — **130** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/19/2025 Passed — **70** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — **181** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (3) — **210** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **281** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **858** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0369b7d-2792-4ff1-9cdb-b1cf4b5be625`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).