---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - As enacted, prohibits regional and municipal planning commissions, in exercising their platting power, from requiring an owner of private property to dedicate real property to the public, or pay money to a public entity in an amount that is determined on an individual and discretionary basis, unless there is an essential nexus between the dedication or payment and a legitimate local government interest and the dedication or payment is roughly proportional both in nature and extent to the impact of the proposed use or development of the property. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 29, Chapter 16; Title 62; Title 65 and Title 66."
description: "Real Property - As enacted, prohibits regional and municipal planning commissions, in exercising their platting power, from requiring an owner of private property to dedicate real property to the public, or pay money to a public entity in an amount that is determined on an individual and discretionary basis, unless there is an essential nexus between the dedication or payment and a legitimate local government interest and the dedication or payment is roughly proportional both in nature and extent to the impact of the proposed use or development of the property. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 29, Chapter 16; Title 62; Title 65 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2849"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2849 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40f6349f-542a-41f4-bdc7-47aba031e13c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2849&GA=112"
source_hash: "2f331ca65125480f8e329042c1ea9347176ce74bbacf3a7222b83ec841a3901b"
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 2849 (112) — Real Property - As enacted, prohibits regional and municipal planning commissions, in exercising their platting power, from requiring an owner of private property to dedicate real property to the public, or pay money to a public entity in an amount that is determined on an individual and discretionary basis, unless there is an essential nexus between the dedication or payment and a legitimate local government interest and the dedication or payment is roughly proportional both in nature and extent to the impact of the proposed use or development of the property. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 29, Chapter 16; Title 62; Title 65 and Title 66.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0743** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0743.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0684** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0684.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2849.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/22/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-03-01** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0684)
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0743) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1128
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1128

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40f6349f-542a-41f4-bdc7-47aba031e13c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).