---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, authorizes senators and representatives to decline appointment or appoint a designee to the board of the management corporation for a central business improvement district or inner-city redevelopment district and establishes requirement for person designated in place of the member; prohibits subsequent creation of a district for a period of one year if a petition fails to receive the requisite number of signatures. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 6."
description: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, authorizes senators and representatives to decline appointment or appoint a designee to the board of the management corporation for a central business improvement district or inner-city redevelopment district and establishes requirement for person designated in place of the member; prohibits subsequent creation of a district for a period of one year if a petition fails to receive the requisite number of signatures. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1845"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1845 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional Authorities and Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-09"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/595fd7ee-1501-4c0a-9a6f-d969672849a4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1845&GA=111"
source_hash: "393f0ba73dced9fe242b879be950d1425014ec1a06237ede840603161408b28c"
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 1845 (111) — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, authorizes senators and representatives to decline appointment or appoint a designee to the board of the management corporation for a central business improvement district or inner-city redevelopment district and establishes requirement for person designated in place of the member; prohibits subsequent creation of a district for a period of one year if a petition fails to receive the requisite number of signatures. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0810** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0810.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0543.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1845.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/10/2020 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/3/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/10/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2020 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-09** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-11** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0543)
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 6/3/2020
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-10** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-10** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0810) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 716
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 716
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/595fd7ee-1501-4c0a-9a6f-d969672849a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).