Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 1398 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 48 and Title 67, relative to real property taxes.

Last action — Effective date(s) 04/27/2026

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Bill Lee (Republican) on April 14, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, limits the authority of a special purpose corporation to negotiate and enter into PILOT agreements with the corporation's lessees, as delegated to it by a municipality, if certain written notice is not provided to certain chief executive officers of taxing jurisdictions; voids PILOT agreements entered into by the special purpose corporation if such notice is not provided. - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 67.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 820

  2. Pub. Ch. 820

  3. Effective date(s) 04/27/2026

  4. Signed by Governor.

  5. Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. Signed by H. Speaker

  7. Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. Comp. SB subst.

  9. Subst. for comp. HB.

  10. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1009)

  11. Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 10, PNV 3

  12. Enrolled and ready for signatures

  13. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  14. Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0895)

  15. Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0

  16. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  17. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2026

  18. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026

  19. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  20. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026

  21. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026

  22. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026

  23. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026

  24. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0

  25. Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2026

  26. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026

  27. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026

  28. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026

  29. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2026

  30. Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026

  31. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  32. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026

  33. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026

  34. Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  35. Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  36. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  37. Sponsor change.

  38. Sponsor(s) Added.

  39. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  40. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

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

  42. Filed for introduction

  43. Intro., P1C.

  44. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 132 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Subjects

taxation
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1398 do?
Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, limits the authority of a special purpose corporation to negotiate and enter into PILOT agreements with the corporation's lessees, as delegated to it by a municipality, if certain written notice is not provided to certain chief executive officers of taxing jurisdictions; voids PILOT agreements entered into by the special purpose corporation if such notice is not provided. - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 67.
Who sponsors SB 1398?
SB 1398 is sponsored by Watson, Bo (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 1398?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2025. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 1398?
Track SB 1398 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 1398

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 1398

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →