---
type: "Bill"
title: "Planning, Public - As enacted, establishes authorization and procedures for housing authorities to redevelop certain areas for transit projects. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23; Title 13, Chapter 20 and Title 29, Chapter 17."
description: "Planning, Public - As enacted, establishes authorization and procedures for housing authorities to redevelop certain areas for transit projects. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23; Title 13, Chapter 20 and Title 29, Chapter 17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 783"
citation: "Tennessee SB 783 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning", "Public"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Jernigan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fc7182c-d529-4a63-aa5d-4f33743af9b5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0783&GA=110"
source_hash: "e72980cf650d3d74bea91412ec589289dfced320588d43dd000639138c115864"
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 783 (110) — Planning, Public - As enacted, establishes authorization and procedures for housing authorities to redevelop certain areas for transit projects. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23; Title 13, Chapter 20 and Title 29, Chapter 17.

## 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/SB0783.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/11/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/14/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Jernigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-06** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-06** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S&L Govt. Comm. 3-7-17
- **2017-03-07** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/11/17
- **2017-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 254
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 254
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/02/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fc7182c-d529-4a63-aa5d-4f33743af9b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).