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type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, classifies as material noncompliance and default by a tenant with a rental agreement, if the tenant pretends to have a disability-related need for an assistance animal in order to obtain an exception to a provision in a rental agreement that prohibits pets or establishes limits on the types of pets that tenants may possess on residential rental property. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 13, Chapter 20; Title 33; Title 39; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 44, Chapter 8, Part 4 and Title 66."
description: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, classifies as material noncompliance and default by a tenant with a rental agreement, if the tenant pretends to have a disability-related need for an assistance animal in order to obtain an exception to a provision in a rental agreement that prohibits pets or establishes limits on the types of pets that tenants may possess on residential rental property. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 13, Chapter 20; Title 33; Title 39; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 44, Chapter 8, Part 4 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2556"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2556 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord and Tenant"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Terry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6b07959-43e9-4652-9ea8-f250ae60a0a5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2556&GA=110"
source_hash: "62e489fe272600651dbc14700971d96e8a02e572e0a63e0d8659f4cf7ddcc5b7"
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 2556 (110) — Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, classifies as material noncompliance and default by a tenant with a rental agreement, if the tenant pretends to have a disability-related need for an assistance animal in order to obtain an exception to a provision in a rental agreement that prohibits pets or establishes limits on the types of pets that tenants may possess on residential rental property. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 13, Chapter 20; Title 33; Title 39; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 44, Chapter 8, Part 4 and Title 66.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2556.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2018 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2018 Passed (1) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hensley — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0877) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1055)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0767)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 91, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2439
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 960
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 960
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6b07959-43e9-4652-9ea8-f250ae60a0a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).