Tennessee Senate · Apr 1, 2025
SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/1/2025 Passed
Result: pass
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.
State vote data last updated Oct 27, 2026, 12:08 PM.
Totals
| Yea | Not voting | Nay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Party rows count only voters matched to a legislator.
All voters
| Legislator | Position |
|---|---|
| Ferrell Haile(Republican) | Yea |
| Joey Hensley(Republican) | Not voting |
| Jack Johnson(Republican) | Yea |
| Bill Powers(Republican) | Yea |
| Paul Rose(Republican) | Yea |
| John Stevens(Republican) | Yea |
| Page Walley(Republican) | Yea |
| Bo Watson(Republican) | Yea |
| Ken Yager(Republican) | Yea |
| Jeff Yarbro(Democratic) | Yea |