---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eminent Domain - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions governing eminent domain, including provisions governing the taxing of costs. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 55; Title 13; Title 29, Chapter 17 and Title 29, Chapter 16."
description: "Eminent Domain - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions governing eminent domain, including provisions governing the taxing of costs. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 55; Title 13; Title 29, Chapter 17 and Title 29, Chapter 16."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1184"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1184 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Eminent Domain"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forgety", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caeb0d4d-5fcc-42d4-bf7e-5bd4a953ac43"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1184&GA=110"
source_hash: "c4b9c275ba7744292ef5b65898ab8af8900c531283b3425e47d615b7fc6846f5"
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 SB 1184 (110) — Eminent Domain - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions governing eminent domain, including provisions governing the taxing of costs. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 55; Title 13; Title 29, Chapter 17 and Title 29, Chapter 16.

## 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/SB1184.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 2 5/1/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/8/2017 Passed (1) — **82–2** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/12/2017 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Forgety — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-25** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 2
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Reset on cal. for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0493)
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0510)
- **2017-05-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-08** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0591) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0330) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 422
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 422

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caeb0d4d-5fcc-42d4-bf7e-5bd4a953ac43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).