---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, makes changes to the process by which local governments may issue and sell grant anticipation notes; authorizes the comptroller to approve certain notes issued by a local government if the local government demonstrates that a natural disaster has caused economic distress. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 7."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, makes changes to the process by which local governments may issue and sell grant anticipation notes; authorizes the comptroller to approve certain notes issued by a local government if the local government demonstrates that a natural disaster has caused economic distress. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1679"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1679 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d27a9785-a57b-43fb-83a0-d6a31c2b61fb"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1679&ga=114"
source_hash: "08cdb9329d19525fe310271ff04412171d8f68f8566b578248bb36b403419182"
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 1679 (114) — Local Government, General - As enacted, makes changes to the process by which local governments may issue and sell grant anticipation notes; authorizes the comptroller to approve certain notes issued by a local government if the local government demonstrates that a natural disaster has caused economic distress. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1679.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/3/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/12/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/3/2026
- **2026-02-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/12/2026
- **2026-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-27** Effective date(s) 04/13/2026
- **2026-04-27** Pub. Ch. 694

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d27a9785-a57b-43fb-83a0-d6a31c2b61fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).