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

HB 2340: Housing - As introduced, encourages municipalities to study and assess housing affordability and inventory availability, and to adopt a pattern book for purposes of encouraging the construction of medium-density housing. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13.

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 2340 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Housing - As introduced, encourages municipalities to study and assess housing affordability and inventory availability, and to adopt a pattern book for purposes of encouraging the construction of medium-density housing. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13. Primary sponsor: Aftyn Behn (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 18, 2026): Sponsor(s) Added.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Aftyn BehnPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse51

“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. Sponsor(s) Added.
  2. Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to January 2027 Calendar
  3. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
  4. Sponsor change.
  5. Sponsor(s) Added.
  6. Sponsor change.
  7. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
  8. Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
  9. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
  10. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
  11. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  12. Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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