---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the secretary of state, when a property owner makes a request, to opine on whether property has been annexed by a municipality. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3, Part 1."
description: "Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the secretary of state, when a property owner makes a request, to opine on whether property has been annexed by a municipality. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1299"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1299 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c09e63a5-51bf-47c4-84c9-41269d8db29c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1299&GA=110"
source_hash: "241cc848dff25bb0b825470ed349134d48fdc7eeec55121f4a0f12464a5a16b0"
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 1299 (110) — Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the secretary of state, when a property owner makes a request, to opine on whether property has been annexed by a municipality. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 3, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1299.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/21/2017 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0118)
- **2017-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0482) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0224) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0482) `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0224) `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 385
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 385
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c09e63a5-51bf-47c4-84c9-41269d8db29c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).