Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 2607: Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, limits the setting of the tax rate on property by a county, municipality, metropolitan government, or other taxing entity in any fiscal year at a rate that would render in total receipts from all levies an amount more than the receipts from that source from the immediately preceding fiscal year for the county, municipality, metropolitan government, or other taxing jurisdiction, plus an additional 2 percent, subject to certain exceptions; establishes a procedure by which the 2 percent increase may be exceeded by passage of a referendum. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

In committee Last action March 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 2607 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, limits the setting of the tax rate on property by a county, municipality, metropolitan government, or other taxing entity in any fiscal year at a rate that would render in total receipts from all levies an amount more than the receipts from that source from the immediately preceding fiscal year for the county, municipality, metropolitan government, or other taxing jurisdiction, plus an additional 2 percent, subject to certain exceptions; establishes a procedure by which the 2 percent increase may be exceeded by passage of a referendum. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5. Primary sponsor: Bud Hulsey (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2026): Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Bud Hulsey (Republican).