---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic and Community Development - As enacted, places certain restrictions on employers seeking to receive economic development incentives. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50."
description: "Economic and Community Development - As enacted, places certain restrictions on employers seeking to receive economic development incentives. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1342 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sexton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7795ebc6-c68a-42e2-ad5c-5b326ca47773"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1342&GA=113"
source_hash: "520713a2b52ae698c653b5e8138592543c36a31780a273f79a0ada02d9824d3d"
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 1342 (113) — Economic and Community Development - As enacted, places certain restrictions on employers seeking to receive economic development incentives. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0087** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0087.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0283.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0395** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0395.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1342.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2023 Passed (2) — **68–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/21/2023 Passed — **67–23** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/21/2023 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/21/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/3/2023 Passed (2) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2023 Passed — **69–22** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023 3/9/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **67–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sexton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0087) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0395)
- **2023-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0283)
- **2023-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-06** H. Placed on Message Calendar
- **2023-04-10** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. SA1 and SA2 HB1342
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2023
- **2023-04-13** Senate refused to recede from amendments #1 and #2.
- **2023-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2023
- **2023-04-19** Conference Committee appointed: Johnson, Yarbro, Stevens, Walley, Rose
- **2023-04-19** Conf. comm. appointed: Vaughan, Vital, Todd, Shaw
- **2023-04-19** H. refused to recede from am. no. SA1 and SA2 HB1342
- **2023-04-20** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/21/2023
- **2023-04-21** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 23, Nays 4
- **2023-04-21** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 67, Nays 23 PNV 0
- **2023-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-17** Pub. Ch. 415

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7795ebc6-c68a-42e2-ad5c-5b326ca47773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).