---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing - As enacted, establishes the community workforce housing innovation pilot program to be administered by the Tennessee housing development agency; authorizes the agency to provide loans to an applicant for construction or rehabilitation of workforce housing in each of the three grand divisions; requires the housing to be affordable to natural persons or families who meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 13; Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 3; Title 56 and Title 67."
description: "Housing - As enacted, establishes the community workforce housing innovation pilot program to be administered by the Tennessee housing development agency; authorizes the agency to provide loans to an applicant for construction or rehabilitation of workforce housing in each of the three grand divisions; requires the housing to be affordable to natural persons or families who meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 13; Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 3; Title 56 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2509"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2509 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sexton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eea6a007-b1f4-4f06-925f-ddd4bdc90cdb"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2509&ga=114"
source_hash: "4a919faf57ffa8af03e8d1fd39871211f9949b6803829f8d52216ba1104bfeb6"
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 2509 (114) — Housing - As enacted, establishes the community workforce housing innovation pilot program to be administered by the Tennessee housing development agency; authorizes the agency to provide loans to an applicant for construction or rehabilitation of workforce housing in each of the three grand divisions; requires the housing to be affordable to natural persons or families who meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 13; Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 3; Title 56 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0739** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0739.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1195.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0632** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0632.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA1072** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1072.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2509.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (6) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/18/2026 Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (3) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **79–7** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2026 Passed (5) — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sexton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/23/2026
- **2026-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 7, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1195) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0739) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1072)
- **2026-04-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0632)
- **2026-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/21/2026, 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1037

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eea6a007-b1f4-4f06-925f-ddd4bdc90cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).