---
type: "Bill"
title: "Annexation - As enacted, deletes the limitation allowing non-contiguous annexation by resolution to occur only in a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1."
description: "Annexation - As enacted, deletes the limitation allowing non-contiguous annexation by resolution to occur only in a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "Tennessee HB 552 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Annexation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a658cfa-26bc-4c41-9f40-5551fee1d457"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0552&GA=110"
source_hash: "2d72aed880a84e5d7a30448be92eae3c78f65f20909f14d1d622fa46d019e39d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 552 (110) — Annexation - As enacted, deletes the limitation allowing non-contiguous annexation by resolution to occur only in a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0552.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017 5/2/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/26/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 4/11/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/18/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 399
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 399
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a658cfa-26bc-4c41-9f40-5551fee1d457`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).