republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-903.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a municipality to add the cost of remedying a condition on real property that endangers the health, safety, and welfare of other citizens to the property tax notice of the owner of the real property, if the owner fails or refuses to remedy the condition in a specified time period. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 33 and Title 6, Chapter 54."
description: "Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a municipality to add the cost of remedying a condition on real property that endangers the health, safety, and welfare of other citizens to the property tax notice of the owner of the real property, if the owner fails or refuses to remedy the condition in a specified time period. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 33 and Title 6, Chapter 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 903"
citation: "Tennessee HB 903 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/089393e1-ac3d-4142-9a41-c96000f4fbe7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0903&GA=113"
source_hash: "434b2e0152144f4a75385d6bce5351a8567001cc7f963b304e4c05aee856bee6"
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 903 (113) — Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a municipality to add the cost of remedying a condition on real property that endangers the health, safety, and welfare of other citizens to the property tax notice of the owner of the real property, if the owner fails or refuses to remedy the condition in a specified time period. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 33 and Title 6, Chapter 54.

## 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/HB0903.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/5/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2023 3/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/22/2023 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2023 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-14** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
- **2023-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** Re-ref. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
- **2023-03-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2023
- **2023-03-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-27** Reset on Consent cal. for 3/30/23
- **2023-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 314

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/089393e1-ac3d-4142-9a41-c96000f4fbe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).