---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, revises provisions governing the notice required for termination of a residential tenancy in certain situations involving an unauthorized subtenant or other unauthorized occupant. - Amends TCA Title 66."
description: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, revises provisions governing the notice required for termination of a residential tenancy in certain situations involving an unauthorized subtenant or other unauthorized occupant. - Amends TCA Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1615"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1615 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord and Tenant"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebbffbfd-4e52-42e0-bbd8-23fc17e2e3b6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1615&GA=111"
source_hash: "2ba409782af128ce11553784065122fb22ed04673233df5e2f7272efd8f9c871"
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 1615 (111) — Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, revises provisions governing the notice required for termination of a residential tenancy in certain situations involving an unauthorized subtenant or other unauthorized occupant. - Amends TCA Title 66.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0522.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0493.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1615.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/18/2020 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/11/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/27/2020 Passed — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/20/2020 2/13/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/4/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned to s/c Business Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Business Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
- **2020-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-11** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/13/2020
- **2020-02-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-02-20** Passed H. as Am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0522) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0493)
- **2020-02-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-03-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-16** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 528
- **2020-03-16** Pub. Ch. 528
- **2020-03-16** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebbffbfd-4e52-42e0-bbd8-23fc17e2e3b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).