---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - As enacted, establishes the Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System as new system of defining and stating geographic positions and locations in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 4, Chapter 16 and Title 66, Chapter 6."
description: "Real Property - As enacted, establishes the Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System as new system of defining and stating geographic positions and locations in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 4, Chapter 16 and Title 66, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 997"
citation: "Tennessee SB 997 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leatherwood", "Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fb672e2-4c0a-461c-937d-84bcfc373b47"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0997&GA=111"
source_hash: "8d6568b780153ff77af09ddffba45bbd5455738e429dd62ef4956d58ac73c808"
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 997 (111) — Real Property - As enacted, establishes the Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System as new system of defining and stating geographic positions and locations in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 4, Chapter 16 and Title 66, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0086** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0086.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0222.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0997.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/3/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leatherwood — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0086) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Senate Amendment #1 (SA0222) withdrawn.
- **2019-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 213
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 213
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fb672e2-4c0a-461c-937d-84bcfc373b47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).