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HB0594 • 2026

Taxes, Sales

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-6-102, relative to temporary sales.

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Sponsor
Doggett, Hensley
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide information on whether religious institutions must still register to collect sales tax even if they are exempt from collecting it.

Expanding Temporary Sales for Religious Institutions

This bill allows religious institutions to have up to four temporary sales events per year where they can sell items without collecting sales tax.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds religious institutions to the list of organizations that can hold temporary sales.
  • Allows these institutions to have up to four temporary sales each year, instead of two.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Religious institutions in Tennessee
  • Consumers buying items from religious institutions during temporary sales

Terms To Know

Temporary Sales
Special sales events where certain organizations can sell goods without collecting sales tax.
Sales Tax Exemption
Not having to pay or collect sales tax on specific transactions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only affects religious institutions and does not change rules for other types of organizations.
  • It is unclear how many religious institutions will take advantage of this new rule.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 05/21/2025

  2. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 493

  3. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 493

  4. 2025-05-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-05-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

  6. 2025-05-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  7. 2025-04-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  8. 2025-04-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

  9. 2025-04-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 2, PNV 1

  11. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

  12. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  13. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Companion House Bill substituted

  14. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  15. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0

  16. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  17. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025

  18. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  19. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025

  20. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025

  21. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  22. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  23. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  24. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025

  25. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  26. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  27. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  28. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ negative recommendation

  29. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  30. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/11/2025

  31. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/5/2025

  32. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  33. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee

  34. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  35. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  36. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  37. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  38. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  39. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  40. 2025-01-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  41. 2025-01-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

For the purposes of sales and use taxes, present law exempts certain organizations by excluding them from the definition of a "business." A "b
usiness
"
does not include any sales or use tax of tangible personal property of any type sold directl
y to consumers by a person
. Ho
wever, tangible personal property
must not be
regularly sold by the person
. If the property is
regularly sold by the person
, it must
only
be
during a temporary sales period that occurs on a semiannual, or less frequent, basi
s
. I
f sold by a volunteer fire department,
then such property must
only
be sold
during a temporary sales period that occurs no more than four times per calendar year.
This bill adds
a bona fide religious institution
to the same category as a volunteer fi
re department, authorizing such institutions to hold temporary sales up to four times a year, as opposed to the current limit of twice a year.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 659
By Hensley

HOUSE BILL 594
By Doggett

HB0594
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
67-6-102, relative to temporary sales.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-6-102(8)(B), is amended by
adding the language "or a bona fide religious institution" immediately after the language
"volunteer fire department".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.