---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, enacts the \"The Jeff Burkhart Act,\" which adds counties to the forms of local government that may establish a self-financing central business improvement district under the \"Central Business Improvement District Act of 1990.\" - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5."
description: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, enacts the \"The Jeff Burkhart Act,\" which adds counties to the forms of local government that may establish a self-financing central business improvement district under the \"Central Business Improvement District Act of 1990.\" - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2258"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2258 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional Authorities and Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lankford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/360d65b7-e425-4726-8a69-fb1bdecd0f1d"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2258&ga=114"
source_hash: "ce1533348cf2f2de494c942dfdcbb8f34e81843aacfd21742c007e66410b2747"
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 2258 (114) — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, enacts the "The Jeff Burkhart Act," which adds counties to the forms of local government that may establish a self-financing central business improvement district under the "Central Business Improvement District Act of 1990." - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 7, Chapter 84, Part 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1103.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0885** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0885.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2258.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (6) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/8/2026 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/8/2026 Passed (5) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2026 Passed (3) — **29–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026 4/14/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lankford — 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** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-11** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Rec. for pass, if am. by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-18** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-25** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-01** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1103) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0885)
- **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`
- **2026-05-07** 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. 1018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/360d65b7-e425-4726-8a69-fb1bdecd0f1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).