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HB0352 • 2026

Highways, Roads and Bridges

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to acquisition of rights-of-way.

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Sponsor
Hurt, Rose
Last action
2025-02-03
Official status
Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on funding or applicability to existing projects, leaving these points uncertain.

Highways and Roads Rights-of-Way Act

This bill requires that final plans for highway or road projects crossing multiple counties be filed in each affected county's register's office.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the state to file final right-of-way plans with the office of the register in every county where a project is located if it spans more than one county.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The state when acquiring land for highways or roads that cross different counties.
  • Counties where highway or road projects are located.

Terms To Know

Right-of-way
Land used for transportation, such as roads and bridges.
Register's office
A place where important documents related to land are kept and recorded.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the state will fund these changes.
  • It is unclear whether this change applies only to new projects or also affects existing ones.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to SB0373

Plain English: This amendment requires that when the commissioner seeks to take land for road construction using eminent domain, they must provide detailed descriptions of the property and rights being taken before any legal action can proceed.

  • The commissioner must include a precise metes and bounds description and clear details about the property rights in any petition or complaint seeking condemnation.
  • A lawful taking or appropriation cannot occur until after the required petition or amendment has been filed and served to the owner.
  • The exact implications of this change on current practices are not fully explained in the provided text.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  2. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  3. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  4. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee to 3/26/2025

  7. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  8. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

  9. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  10. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

  11. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee

  12. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  13. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  14. 2025-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 373
By Rose

HOUSE BILL 352
By Hurt

HB0352
001278
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 54 and Title 55, relative to acquisition of
rights-of-way.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-5-110(b)(1), is amended by
adding the following immediately after the first sentence:
If a project is located in more than one (1) county, then the final right-of-way plans must
be filed and recorded in each county where the project is located.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.