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HB1218 • 2026

Taxes, Sales

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to sales and use tax exemptions.

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Sponsor
Johnson, Kyle
Last action
2026-04-08
Official status
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Exempting Menstrual Products from Sales Tax

This bill removes sales and use taxes on menstrual hygiene products in Tennessee.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes sales tax on the purchase of menstrual hygiene products.
  • Defines 'menstrual hygiene product' to include items like tampons, pads, liners, cups, and douches.
  • Applies this exemption to both reusable and disposable products.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who buy menstrual hygiene products in Tennessee.

Terms To Know

menstrual hygiene product
A product used by women with respect to menstruation or other genital-tract secretions, including tampons, pads, liners, cups, and douches.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the tax exemption will be enforced.
  • It is unclear what impact this change will have on local government revenue.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  2. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  3. 2026-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/4/2026

  4. 2026-01-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Meeting Canceled

  5. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 1/28/2026

  6. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Meeting Canceled

  7. 2026-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 1/21/2026

  8. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  9. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  10. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  11. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to First Calendar of 2026

  12. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025

  13. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/9/2025

  14. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025

  15. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/2/2025

  16. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  17. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  18. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/18/2025

  19. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Revenue Subcommittee

  20. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  21. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  22. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  23. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  24. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  25. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  26. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  27. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1205
By Yarbro

HOUSE BILL 1218
By Johnson

HB1218
002967
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67,
Chapter 6, relative to sales and use tax
exemptions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
67-6-359.
(a) There is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter the sale or use of
menstrual hygiene products.
(b) As used in this section, "menstrual hygiene product":
(1) Means a product to be used by women with respect to menstruation
or other genital-tract secretions; and
(2) Includes tampons, pads, liners, cups, and douches, whether any such
products are reusable or disposable.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.