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Bill Real Property - As enacted, restricts the width of a private easement or right-of-way to 25 feet; authorizes the court to award attorney fees to the defending landowner in an action for an easement or right-of-way brought by a private person owning land obstructed entirely from a public road by the intervening land of another person; makes various other changes regarding private easements. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14. Real Property - As enacted, restricts the width of a private easement or right-of-way to 25 feet; authorizes the court to award attorney fees to the defending landowner in an action for an easement or right-of-way brought by a private person owning land obstructed entirely from a public road by the intervening land of another person; makes various other changes regarding private easements. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 SB 1896 Tennessee SB 1896 (111)
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Tennessee SB 1896 (111) — Real Property - As enacted, restricts the width of a private easement or right-of-way to 25 feet; authorizes the court to award attorney fees to the defending landowner in an action for an easement or right-of-way brought by a private person owning land obstructed entirely from a public road by the intervening land of another person; makes various other changes regarding private easements. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 54, Chapter 14.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0544 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0684 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 6/8/2020 Passed — 280 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/11/2020 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 6/2/2020 Passed — 80 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2020 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Carter — primary (person)
  • Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-27 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2020-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2020-01-29 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2020-01-29 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2020-01-30 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2020-01-30 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-01-31 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2020-02-05 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
  • 2020-02-11 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-12 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/19/2020
  • 2020-02-19 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
  • 2020-02-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2020
  • 2020-02-27 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
  • 2020-03-02 Passed H., as am., Ayes 99, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2020-03-02 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0544) amendment-passage
  • 2020-03-03 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/10/2020
  • 2020-03-03 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2020-03-04 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
  • 2020-03-05 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2020-03-10 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2020
  • 2020-03-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
  • 2020-03-17 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2020-06-01 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 6/2/2020
  • 2020-06-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
  • 2020-06-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
  • 2020-06-08 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2020-06-08 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
  • 2020-06-08 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0684)
  • 2020-06-08 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2020-06-09 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2020-06-10 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2020-06-10 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2020-06-12 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2020-06-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2020-07-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 703
  • 2020-07-02 Pub. Ch. 703
  • 2020-07-02 Effective date(s) 06/22/2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9bd2a87-cd9b-442b-9ee0-60c815ba08aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).