---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic and Community Development - As enacted, encourages each county's joint economic and community development board to include representation from school systems located within the county; revises other powers and actions taken by the board. - Amends TCA Section 6-58-114."
description: "Economic and Community Development - As enacted, encourages each county's joint economic and community development board to include representation from school systems located within the county; revises other powers and actions taken by the board. - Amends TCA Section 6-58-114."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Tennessee HB 155 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d49dfc5c-6568-462c-8e62-3c0d03a726e0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0155&GA=112"
source_hash: "40e7a60e7d96eebf3981de9cd671838fd3db5a27800ab11908880deb12928940"
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 155 (112) — Economic and Community Development - As enacted, encourages each county's joint economic and community development board to include representation from school systems located within the county; revises other powers and actions taken by the board. - Amends TCA Section 6-58-114.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0243** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0243.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0186.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0155.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2021 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/30/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/30/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/6/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haston — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-23** Reset on final calendar of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0186)
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0243) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 433
- **2021-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/13/2021
- **2021-05-19** Pub. Ch. 433

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d49dfc5c-6568-462c-8e62-3c0d03a726e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).