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type: "Bill"
title: "Sumner County - Subject to local approval, prohibits public entities in Sumner County from using eminent domain to acquire privately owned real property for parks, trails, paths, or greenways for walking, running, hiking, bicycling, or equestrian use, unless the privately owned real property is parallel to, runs directly along the length of, and extends in the same direction as a highway, road, or street. -"
description: "Sumner County - Subject to local approval, prohibits public entities in Sumner County from using eminent domain to acquire privately owned real property for parks, trails, paths, or greenways for walking, running, hiking, bicycling, or equestrian use, unless the privately owned real property is parallel to, runs directly along the length of, and extends in the same direction as a highway, road, or street. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1561"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1561 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sumner County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57950423-506c-4ac8-8275-079170e5fdad"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1561&GA=113"
source_hash: "a8ab250b2439e78a7f5500f4c60b76278cd67f4359d1f7b5c48601f7b61b3702"
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 1561 (113) — Sumner County - Subject to local approval, prohibits public entities in Sumner County from using eminent domain to acquire privately owned real property for parks, trails, paths, or greenways for walking, running, hiking, bicycling, or equestrian use, unless the privately owned real property is parallel to, runs directly along the length of, and extends in the same direction as a highway, road, or street. -
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1561.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2023 4/6/2023 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — **828** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2023 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Slater — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/4/2023
- **2023-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-06** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2023
- **2023-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023
- **2023-04-10** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2023-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 8, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Pr. Ch. 29
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57950423-506c-4ac8-8275-079170e5fdad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).