---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Disasters - As enacted, authorizes a county highway department to perform work as part of a municipality or county's plan for providing assistance for natural disaster relief to private residential property. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-1601."
description: "Natural Disasters - As enacted, authorizes a county highway department to perform work as part of a municipality or county's plan for providing assistance for natural disaster relief to private residential property. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-1601."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 964"
citation: "Tennessee SB 964 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Disasters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Overbey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a91b734-a88d-41f2-b0c8-aa4d31c02f97"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0964&GA=110"
source_hash: "0c207c6292aa2d6015c9bd2333fd0cd4d54748c4f37909f3d0d604c4810d2b43"
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 964 (110) — Natural Disasters - As enacted, authorizes a county highway department to perform work as part of a municipality or county's plan for providing assistance for natural disaster relief to private residential property. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-1601.

## 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/SB0964.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/13/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2017 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 4/24/2017 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Overbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2017-04-05** 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** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0228) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0228) `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 275
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 275

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a91b734-a88d-41f2-b0c8-aa4d31c02f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).