---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carter County - As enacted, allows removal of overgrown vegetation and accumulated debris on owner-occupied residential property. - Amends TCA Section 5-1-115."
description: "Carter County - As enacted, allows removal of overgrown vegetation and accumulated debris on owner-occupied residential property. - Amends TCA Section 5-1-115."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2695"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2695 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Carter County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Holsclaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33843921-ff73-417b-860f-dc7423d8d6cb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2695&GA=110"
source_hash: "4f27c006d45c450c6c262d0315c47ac7f7aa2188afcaa9a8acd570249596da77"
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 2695 (110) — Carter County - As enacted, allows removal of overgrown vegetation and accumulated debris on owner-occupied residential property. - Amends TCA Section 5-1-115.

## 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/HB2695.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/16/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **94–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Holsclaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 815
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 815

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33843921-ff73-417b-860f-dc7423d8d6cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).