---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - As enacted, requires a homeowners’ association to provide, upon written request of a member, a record of certain information in a vote to amend a declaration that prohibits or effectively prohibits the use of residential property as a long-term rental property; creates a vested right in an owner to use single-family residential property as long-term rental property if certain conditions exist; requires business entity owners of residential property to notify a homeowners’ association of certain information. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27."
description: "Real Property - As enacted, requires a homeowners’ association to provide, upon written request of a member, a record of certain information in a vote to amend a declaration that prohibits or effectively prohibits the use of residential property as a long-term rental property; creates a vested right in an owner to use single-family residential property as long-term rental property if certain conditions exist; requires business entity owners of residential property to notify a homeowners’ association of certain information. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1127"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1127 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Farmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd680fb9-adcf-4601-b021-066a07f4483f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1127&GA=112"
source_hash: "49603ab110bb1264d2763ab13b7eaab660be0faca0367b94531902ede6603874"
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 1127 (112) — Real Property - As enacted, requires a homeowners’ association to provide, upon written request of a member, a record of certain information in a vote to amend a declaration that prohibits or effectively prohibits the use of residential property as a long-term rental property; creates a vested right in an owner to use single-family residential property as long-term rental property if certain conditions exist; requires business entity owners of residential property to notify a homeowners’ association of certain information. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0064** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0064.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0040** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0040.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1127.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **73–16** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/2/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Farmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 16, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0064) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0040)
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 151
- **2021-04-21** Effective date(s) 05/01/2021
- **2021-04-21** Pub. Ch. 151

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd680fb9-adcf-4601-b021-066a07f4483f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).