2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB0695: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 2, relative to mineral severance tax.

Legislative Summary

As introduced, 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.

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Bill History

2/3/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/19/2025
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/26/2025
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/26/2025
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/11/2025
House of Representatives
3/11/2025
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0023)
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 8, PNV 1
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
Senate
4/10/2025
Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
Senate
4/10/2025
Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0035)
Senate
4/10/2025
Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 1
Senate
4/11/2025
Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Signed by H. Speaker
House of Representatives
4/15/2025
Signed by Senate Speaker
Senate
4/16/2025
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
House of Representatives
4/24/2025
Signed by Governor.

Amendments

HA0023

Amendment 1-0 to HB0695

2/26/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration
4/10/2025
28
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION
3/17/2025
85
Yea
8
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
3/11/2025
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
3/5/2025
13
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2/26/2025
18
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
2/19/2025
7
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/24/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Republican: 2

Primary Sponsor

Charlie Baum
Charlie Baum
Republican

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Draft
Bill Text2/5/202511.4 KB
Draft
Bill Text2/3/202511.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/21/2025133.5 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/18/2025133.7 KB