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

SB 889: Taxes - As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax rate that may be levied by a county on all sand, gravel, sandstone, chert, and limestone severed from the ground within its jurisdiction; removes the authorization for Smith County to allocate its mineral severance tax to the county general fund or a fund other than its county road fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 2.

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

SB 889 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Taxes - As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax rate that may be levied by a county on all sand, gravel, sandstone, chert, and limestone severed from the ground within its jurisdiction; removes the authorization for Smith County to allocate its mineral severance tax to the county general fund or a fund other than its county road fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 2. Primary sponsor: Reeves. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 285.

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Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
ReevesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 285
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2025
  4. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  5. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
  6. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  7. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
  8. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  9. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  10. Filed for introduction

Sources

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