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type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning - As enacted, states that property owners should expect that a permit application will be judged on the law in effect at the time of application; declares that the general assembly rejects the pending ordinance doctrine, as described by the Tennessee supreme court in its May 14, 2007, opinion in the case of Harding Academy v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, as contrary to the public policy interests of property owners in this state. - Amends TCA Title 27 and Title 29."
description: "Zoning - As enacted, states that property owners should expect that a permit application will be judged on the law in effect at the time of application; declares that the general assembly rejects the pending ordinance doctrine, as described by the Tennessee supreme court in its May 14, 2007, opinion in the case of Harding Academy v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, as contrary to the public policy interests of property owners in this state. - Amends TCA Title 27 and Title 29."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "Tennessee SB 559 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37648120-d4e7-4a95-b5ba-57b0023461b3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0559&GA=113"
source_hash: "57f87052259079ccec46c258be854a516cc5d08e10f2190decac871a1f582d01"
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 559 (113) — Zoning - As enacted, states that property owners should expect that a permit application will be judged on the law in effect at the time of application; declares that the general assembly rejects the pending ordinance doctrine, as described by the Tennessee supreme court in its May 14, 2007, opinion in the case of Harding Academy v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, as contrary to the public policy interests of property owners in this state. - Amends TCA Title 27 and Title 29.
## 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/SB0559.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2023 Passed — **72** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/3/2023 Passed — **275** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **7219** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2023 Passed (1) — **72** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-07** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
- **2023-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 19, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 453
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37648120-d4e7-4a95-b5ba-57b0023461b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).