---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic and Community Development - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of directors of the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation. - Amends TCA Title 4."
description: "Economic and Community Development - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of directors of the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation. - Amends TCA Title 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2178"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2178 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e5daaaa-5aed-4fa6-907e-ead7d0d9f0b1"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2178&ga=114"
source_hash: "f279c4fe9889143855f2d09ced2de86211849bbf4cad609eea8993c38387b4ba"
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 2178 (114) — Economic and Community Development - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of directors of the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation. - Amends TCA Title 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0660** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0660.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0531.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2178.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **86–6** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026 3/26/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2026 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/11/2026 Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (4) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/4/2026
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 6, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0660) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0531)
- **2026-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-27** 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. 1013

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e5daaaa-5aed-4fa6-907e-ead7d0d9f0b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).