--- type: "Bill" title: "Real Property - As enacted, requires foreign persons who purchase land in this state and who file a report of such purchase to the United States department of agriculture under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to also file the report with the commissioner of agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3." description: "Real Property - As enacted, requires foreign persons who purchase land in this state and who file a report of such purchase to the United States department of agriculture under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to also file the report with the commissioner of agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "114" identifier: "HB 219" citation: "Tennessee HB 219 (114)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Real Property"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Reedy"] version_count: 3 action_count: 33 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-01-21" last_action: "2025-06-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7c4e519-52cf-47ae-b1f2-cd41db3a29b6" source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0219&ga=114" source_hash: "db53848098974366bfe9cdea5da0b0d5bf989ca446c9a8f5653d7dda87e8b923" 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 219 (114) — Real Property - As enacted, requires foreign persons who purchase land in this state and who file a report of such purchase to the United States department of agriculture under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to also file the report with the commissioner of agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment HA0085** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0085.pdf) 2. **Amendment SA0254** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0254.pdf) 3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0219.pdf) ## Votes - HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/12/2025 Passed — **20–3** (pass) · lower - HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025 3/20/2025 — **0–0** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **91–5** (pass) · lower - HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/26/2025 Passed — **5–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2025 Passed (2) — **10–1** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Reedy — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing` - **2025-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2025-02-03** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-03** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/19/2025 - **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/26/2025 - **2025-02-19** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 2/26/2025 - **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025 - **2025-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship` - **2025-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship` - **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/12/2025 - **2025-03-05** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/12/2025 - **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/17/2025 - **2025-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025 - **2025-03-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025 - **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt` - **2025-03-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 5, PNV 0 `passage` - **2025-03-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0085) `amendment-passage` - **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship` - **2025-03-31** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2025-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage` - **2025-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0254) - **2025-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution` - **2025-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled` - **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage` - **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-06-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 - **2025-06-04** Pub. Ch. 337 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7c4e519-52cf-47ae-b1f2-cd41db3a29b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).