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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 Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

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.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Torrey HarrisPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse91

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821
  2. Comp. SB subst.
  3. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
  4. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
  5. Sponsor(s) Added.
  6. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
  8. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
  9. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2026
  10. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
  11. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
  12. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2026

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source