republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2503.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Planning, Public - As enacted, removes exceptions to the process for adopting and making amendments to regional and municipal plans; exempts Cannon County from the act. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 3 and Title 13, Chapter 4."
description: "Planning, Public - As enacted, removes exceptions to the process for adopting and making amendments to regional and municipal plans; exempts Cannon County from the act. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 3 and Title 13, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2503"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2503 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning", "Public"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynn", "Pody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f222c9-62ce-4832-a904-3b1a0aeb34e4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2503&GA=112"
source_hash: "cf9ad92fab0442ee330bec76eba63c71efab7b639ee9a7d3ae147dca0ec3e982"
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 2503 (112) — Planning, Public - As enacted, removes exceptions to the process for adopting and making amendments to regional and municipal plans; exempts Cannon County from the act. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 3 and Title 13, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0617** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0617.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0787** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0787.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2503.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/8/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/14/2022 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynn — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 7, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0617) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0787)
- **2022-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-05-09** Pub. Ch. 993
- **2022-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 993

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81f222c9-62ce-4832-a904-3b1a0aeb34e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).