---
type: "Bill"
title: "Industrial Development - As enacted, authorizes, in certain circumstances, transfer of parcels of property located on a remediation site in Oak Ridge to the industrial development board consistent with the terms of the conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53 and Title 67, Chapter 5."
description: "Industrial Development - As enacted, authorizes, in certain circumstances, transfer of parcels of property located on a remediation site in Oak Ridge to the industrial development board consistent with the terms of the conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53 and Title 67, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 978"
citation: "Tennessee HB 978 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Industrial Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calfee", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54fd8044-3f5c-4b6b-99a3-4e186bf11e43"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0978&GA=110"
source_hash: "3c2c62a836d237969048e52dddfb7b645fe38eaaa48f3728c7de92bf1cbd4a1e"
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 978 (110) — Industrial Development - As enacted, authorizes, in certain circumstances, transfer of parcels of property located on a remediation site in Oak Ridge to the industrial development board consistent with the terms of the conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

## 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/HB0978.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017 4/6/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/7/2017 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/29/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calfee — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 3/21/17
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0078)
- **2017-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass if am. by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0255) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0074) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0255) `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 219
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 219
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54fd8044-3f5c-4b6b-99a3-4e186bf11e43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).