republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-895.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, prohibits the governing body in a county in which the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies from enacting or enforcing regulations in conflict with, or in addition to, the Act; changes the applicability of the Act so that a county that is not under the Act now will not come under the Act even if the county's population increases to be more than 75,000 in subsequent years. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28."
description: "Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, prohibits the governing body in a county in which the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies from enacting or enforcing regulations in conflict with, or in addition to, the Act; changes the applicability of the Act so that a county that is not under the Act now will not come under the Act even if the county's population increases to be more than 75,000 in subsequent years. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 895"
citation: "Tennessee SB 895 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord and Tenant"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurt", "Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a3f82f5-414e-4774-972c-14cb3d45eace"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0895&GA=112"
source_hash: "eea775ba5362be587cf7f86ca85baada7d4769798dd8ac2c2d0136bc1ef691fa"
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 895 (112) — Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, prohibits the governing body in a county in which the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies from enacting or enforcing regulations in conflict with, or in addition to, the Act; changes the applicability of the Act so that a county that is not under the Act now will not come under the Act even if the county's population increases to be more than 75,000 in subsequent years. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0101.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0121.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0895.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/23/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/17/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hurt — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0101) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0121)
- **2021-04-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 182
- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 182

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a3f82f5-414e-4774-972c-14cb3d45eace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).