---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - As enacted, prohibits a homeowners' association from prohibiting the use of a sign posted to warn the public of health, safety, or dangerous natural conditions associated with water on the property in certain circumstances; clarifies date of application of prohibition on HOA prohibiting property owners from displaying flags. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27."
description: "Real Property - As enacted, prohibits a homeowners' association from prohibiting the use of a sign posted to warn the public of health, safety, or dangerous natural conditions associated with water on the property in certain circumstances; clarifies date of application of prohibition on HOA prohibiting property owners from displaying flags. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Tennessee HB 128 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a92379b-ca2b-4626-b4b7-1b3cabdb3aeb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0128&GA=112"
source_hash: "85bd1eb0f4c743385a183e37cae6c590bb6ffd30e129afdde3da25c80bf58eb6"
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 128 (112) — Real Property - As enacted, prohibits a homeowners' association from prohibiting the use of a sign posted to warn the public of health, safety, or dangerous natural conditions associated with water on the property in certain circumstances; clarifies date of application of prohibition on HOA prohibiting property owners from displaying flags. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0005.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0041** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0041.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0128.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2021 Passed (2) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/8/2021 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2021 3/4/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/23/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 2/16/2021
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-16** Meeting Canceled
- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 2/23/2021
- **2021-02-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/2/2021
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/4/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2021
- **2021-03-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0005) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0041)
- **2021-03-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-06** Effective date(s) 03/31/2021
- **2021-04-06** Pub. Ch. 80
- **2021-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 80

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a92379b-ca2b-4626-b4b7-1b3cabdb3aeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).