Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 2034: Courts, Municipal - As enacted, prohibits a municipality from remediating a property maintenance violation if the cost may negatively impact the municipality's financial position, or if the cost is budgetarily prohibitive; specifies that, in addition to assessing remediation costs against a property owner in the form of a lien, a municipality may recover remediation costs through all other legal means. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 29, Chapter 3.

In committee Last action May 4, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821

Plain-language summary

HB 2034 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Courts, Municipal - As enacted, prohibits a municipality from remediating a property maintenance violation if the cost may negatively impact the municipality's financial position, or if the cost is budgetarily prohibitive; specifies that, in addition to assessing remediation costs against a property owner in the form of a lien, a municipality may recover remediation costs through all other legal means. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 29, Chapter 3. Primary sponsor: Torrey Harris (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 4, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Torrey Harris (Democratic).