---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing - As enacted, authorizes the chief legislative body of a municipality to create a voluntary attainable housing incentive program by ordinance for the purpose of authorizing certain incentives to be provided to property owners who seek to build attainable housing. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 66."
description: "Housing - As enacted, authorizes the chief legislative body of a municipality to create a voluntary attainable housing incentive program by ordinance for the purpose of authorizing certain incentives to be provided to property owners who seek to build attainable housing. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2496"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2496 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c9a975f-3844-4cb1-b9d6-7a3512435661"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2496&GA=113"
source_hash: "52a4db5a6309a60d6f56f36e5706f3aa45898033e50484f1331d2629b9b1776b"
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 2496 (113) — Housing - As enacted, authorizes the chief legislative body of a municipality to create a voluntary attainable housing incentive program by ordinance for the purpose of authorizing certain incentives to be provided to property owners who seek to build attainable housing. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 66.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0818** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0818.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0620** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0620.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2496.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2024 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/5/2024 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2024 Passed (1) — **69–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/5/2024
- **2024-02-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2024-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024
- **2024-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024
- **2024-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0620)
- **2024-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-25** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 23, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0818) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1051

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c9a975f-3844-4cb1-b9d6-7a3512435661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).