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

HB 480: Surveyors - As enacted, requires a description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property not previously described in a recorded instrument to be prepared by a registered land surveyor; specifies that this requirement will not apply to any deed of conveyance prepared for or by a governmental department or agency. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1.

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 480 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Surveyors - As enacted, requires a description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property not previously described in a recorded instrument to be prepared by a registered land surveyor; specifies that this requirement will not apply to any deed of conveyance prepared for or by a governmental department or agency. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1. Primary sponsor: Gary Hicks (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 178.

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): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gary HicksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse9

“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. 178
  2. Comp. SB subst.
  3. H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/31/2025
  4. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  5. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025
  6. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  7. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
  8. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
  9. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  10. Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
  11. Intro., P1C.
  12. Filed for introduction

Sources

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