---
type: "Bill"
title: "Planning, Public - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding adoption of subdivision regulations and platting authority. - Amends TCA Title 13."
description: "Planning, Public - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding adoption of subdivision regulations and platting authority. - Amends TCA Title 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1879"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1879 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning", "Public"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Staples"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff69d7ff-4b75-4326-a3ef-9bf98c578a0d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1879&GA=110"
source_hash: "27a8120476819bae42eb100ca18bfdb17b4c2fb066ce8a48bf61b6fe22c9b476"
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 1879 (110) — Planning, Public - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding adoption of subdivision regulations and platting authority. - Amends TCA Title 13.

## 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/SB1879.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **79–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/21/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (2) — **93–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-03** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0911)
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0943) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate refused to concur in amendment (Amendment 1 - HA0943) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-19** H. refused to recede from am. no. 1 SB1879
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Conference Committee appointed. (Briggs, Yager, Yarbro)
- **2018-04-23** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence. (Amendment 1 - HA0943)
- **2018-04-24** Conf. comm. appointed. (Staples, Wirgau, Carr)
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 79, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-25** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 30, Nays 0
- **2018-04-25** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1000
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1000

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff69d7ff-4b75-4326-a3ef-9bf98c578a0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).