---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, defines \"municipality\" for purposes of the authorization for a municipality to create the office of administrative hearing officer to hear building and property maintenance code violations to mean any incorporated town or city, or metropolitan form of government; adds \"locally adopted zoning codes\" to the codes over which administrative hearing officer has jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 10."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, defines \"municipality\" for purposes of the authorization for a municipality to create the office of administrative hearing officer to hear building and property maintenance code violations to mean any incorporated town or city, or metropolitan form of government; adds \"locally adopted zoning codes\" to the codes over which administrative hearing officer has jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1322"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1322 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14ecc8d3-9b4c-4bec-accc-a22136095b18"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1322&GA=110"
source_hash: "863b7c19005e4af7ac49ea498a573acdc8c3f5defcf0e61c51b4b16ccd987b26"
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 1322 (110) — Local Government, General - As enacted, defines "municipality" for purposes of the authorization for a municipality to create the office of administrative hearing officer to hear building and property maintenance code violations to mean any incorporated town or city, or metropolitan form of government; adds "locally adopted zoning codes" to the codes over which administrative hearing officer has jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 10.

## 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/HB1322.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/5/2017 Passed (1) — **81–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/2/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/11/2017 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/19/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 4/4/2017 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017 5/2/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to next Calendar
- **2017-04-25** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0338) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0386)
- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-30** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 489
- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 06/06/2017
- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 489

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14ecc8d3-9b4c-4bec-accc-a22136095b18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).