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

HB 725: Economic and Community Development - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days within the end of a fiscal year, for which a municipality is requesting an allocation of sales and use taxes revenues, that a municipality may submit a summary of the cost of an economic development project through to the end of that fiscal year, with supporting documentation certified by the chief financial officer of the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 725 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Economic and Community Development - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days within the end of a fiscal year, for which a municipality is requesting an allocation of sales and use taxes revenues, that a municipality may submit a summary of the cost of an economic development project through to the end of that fiscal year, with supporting documentation certified by the chief financial officer of the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40. Primary sponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2026): Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2026.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Esther Helton-HaynesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2026
  2. Action def. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to Next Calendar
  3. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  4. Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2026
  5. Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/8/2026
  6. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
  7. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
  8. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  9. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  10. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026
  11. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026
  12. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source