# Tennessee HB 1892: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 23 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to taxpayer agreements.

Tennessee HB 1892, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 23 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to taxpayer agreements., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-18 (Effective date(s) 05/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1892
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 23 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to taxpayer agreements.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-05-18, Effective date(s) 05/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Real Property
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (145 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Property agreement liens rank ahead of mortgages: mixed, medium. From recording until all amounts are paid, a taxpayer agreement creates a property claim, called a lien, collectible like property taxes; it ranks equally with real estate tax liens and ahead of existing or later mortgages and other property claims. The lien stays with the land, but property tax fo…
- Property owners get financing agreements with protections: mixed, low. Tennessee property owners in a tax increment plan area can sign agreements backing agency bonds or lease obligations. Direct payments cover any gap between the next debt payment and available tax increment revenue actually generated in that area. Agreement payments are treated like property taxes.…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Antonio Parkinson (Democrat), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-14 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 | pass | 86 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | House | HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (30)

- 2026-05-18: Effective date(s) 05/01/2026
- 2026-05-18: Pub. Ch. 915
- 2026-05-01: Signed by Governor.
- 2026-04-21: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-15: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House)
- 2026-04-14: Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0952) (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate)
- 2026-04-06: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House)
- 2026-04-02: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-04-02: Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 7 (House)
- 2026-04-02: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0795) (House)
- 2026-03-26: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-24: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-03-18: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-18: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Action def. in State & Local Government Committe to 3/18/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-04: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House)
- 2026-02-25: Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/4/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-04: Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House)
- 2026-02-02: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2026-01-22: Sponsor(s) withdrawn. (House)
- 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- HA0795, 2026-04-02: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0795.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0915.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1760.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1892.pdf)
- SA0952: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0952.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0795 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0795.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0915.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1760.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1892.pdf)
- [SA0952 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0952.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1892-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).