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type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through a right of survivorship or upon the divorce of the owners if the property is retained by either owner through division and distribution of property in the divorce proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5."
description: "Real Property - As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through a right of survivorship or upon the divorce of the owners if the property is retained by either owner through division and distribution of property in the divorce proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "Tennessee HB 297 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6cf604b-c6d8-4a0b-8b41-0cab2bf51579"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0297&ga=114"
source_hash: "800992bbad2134978a6623d12e7dc2fd3652f67f9684d23db1d5729ab8ab8e44"
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 297 (114) — Real Property - As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through a right of survivorship or upon the divorce of the owners if the property is retained by either owner through division and distribution of property in the divorce proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0009.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0033** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0033.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0080** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0080.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0297.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (3) — **210** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (4) — **70** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/13/2025 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **970** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 3/20/2025 Passed — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lamberth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0009) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0033)
- **2025-03-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0080)
- **2025-03-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-17** H. Placed on Message Calendar 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 94, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0297
- **2025-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 138
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6cf604b-c6d8-4a0b-8b41-0cab2bf51579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).