---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surveyors - As enacted, requires a description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property not previously described in a recorded instrument to be prepared by a registered land surveyor; specifies that this requirement will not apply to any deed of conveyance prepared for or by a governmental department or agency. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1."
description: "Surveyors - As enacted, requires a description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property not previously described in a recorded instrument to be prepared by a registered land surveyor; specifies that this requirement will not apply to any deed of conveyance prepared for or by a governmental department or agency. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 980"
citation: "Tennessee SB 980 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surveyors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04ca954b-9fe6-419a-96ad-78939cf416a4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0980&ga=114"
source_hash: "3e8f7ac2ed96bfe845767d4812a0220a232628d1c97348e44b72664a254ad844"
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 SB 980 (114) — Surveyors - As enacted, requires a description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property not previously described in a recorded instrument to be prepared by a registered land surveyor; specifies that this requirement will not apply to any deed of conveyance prepared for or by a governmental department or agency. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0980.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
- **2025-04-30** Pub. Ch. 178

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04ca954b-9fe6-419a-96ad-78939cf416a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).