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SB0117 • 2026

Taxes, Exemption and Credits

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to sales and use tax exemptions.

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Sponsor
Haile, Garrett
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary and bill text do not provide additional details beyond removing subsection (f) related to a one-time sales tax holiday in August 2020.

Tennessee Sales Tax Exemption Changes

This bill removes outdated language about a one-time sales tax holiday from Tennessee's laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes subsection (f) of Section 67-6-393 in the Tennessee Code Annotated, which talks about an old sales tax holiday.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The people and businesses who follow Tennessee's tax laws will see changes in the written rules, but no actual tax changes happen for them.

Terms To Know

Sales Tax Holiday
A time when certain items are not taxed to help people save money on specific purchases.
Tennessee Code Annotated
The official collection of Tennessee’s laws and rules.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill only removes old information about a past event, not current tax rates or exemptions.
  • It does not create new taxes or change how people pay sales tax now.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  2. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  5. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  7. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  9. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  10. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee

  11. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  12. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  13. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  14. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  15. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  16. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  17. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  18. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  19. 2025-01-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 170
By Garrett

SENATE BILL 117
By Haile

SB0117
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67,
Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to sales and use tax
exemptions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-6-393, is amended by deleting
subsection (f).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.