---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to request the department of transportation to conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state or interstate highway if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54."
description: "Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to request the department of transportation to conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state or interstate highway if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2009"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2009 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Roads and Bridges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebfc50b7-a731-41f9-8267-9706cb773c5c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2009&ga=114"
source_hash: "b8fed4be336ced7a0c599b10311704819f5c0561507878446bf5efe3f2234f5a"
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 2009 (114) — Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to request the department of transportation to conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state or interstate highway if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0836** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0836.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0946** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0946.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2009.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (5) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2026 Passed (3) — **25–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/17/2026 Passed (6) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2026 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (4) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/7/2026
- **2026-04-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0836) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0946)
- **2026-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1000

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebfc50b7-a731-41f9-8267-9706cb773c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).