HB2328 • 2026

Tipton County

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5 and Title 13, relative to counties.

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Sponsor: Lankford, Rose
Last action: 2026-04-08
Official status: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide information about updates to population criteria, so this claim was removed.

Tipton County Act

This bill adds Tipton County to the Neighborhood Preservation Act and allows Tipton County to join the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program.

What This Bill Does

Adds Tipton County to the list of counties covered by the Neighborhood Preservation Act, which requires property owners to maintain their properties according to community standards.
Includes Tipton County in the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program, allowing it to create a corporation that can manage abandoned or underused land within its boundaries.

Who It Names or Affects

Property owners in Tipton County who must maintain their properties according to community standards.
Local governments and property management companies in Tipton County that can now participate in the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program.

Terms To Know

Neighborhood Preservation Act: A law requiring residential property owners to maintain their properties at a level no less than community standards.
Tennessee Local Land Bank Program: A program allowing local governments to create corporations that manage abandoned or underused land within their boundaries.

Limits and Unknowns

The exact fiscal impact on Tipton County cannot be determined due to multiple unknown variables.
The bill does not specify how the state will share costs with Tipton County for participating in these programs.

Amendments

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

HA1104

Amendment 1-0 to HB2328

Plain English: The amendment changes the population criteria for certain Tennessee counties based on the 2020 federal census or any future censuses.

Adds new subdivisions (H) and (I) to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-30-103(4).
Subdivision (H) includes a county with a population between 60,900 and 61,000.
Subdivision (I) includes a county with a population between 220,000 and 220,100 that also has at least one municipality.

The exact impact of these changes on the counties is not detailed in the amendment text.

SA0867

Amendment 1-0 to SB2367

Plain English: The amendment changes how certain Tennessee counties are classified based on their population and adds conditions for specific populations.

Adds new categories of county classification in Section 13-30-103(4) for counties with populations between 60,900 to 61,000 or 220,000 to 220,100.
Includes a requirement that the larger population range (220,000 to 220,100) must also have at least one municipality within the county.

The amendment text does not specify how these new classifications will affect county operations or services.
It is unclear what specific changes this amendment would bring beyond reclassifying certain counties based on population and municipal presence.

Bill History

2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly
Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) Added.
2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 2, PNV 1
2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0867)
2026-04-10 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed behind the budget
2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/8/2026
2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/8/2026
2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026
2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly
Action def. in State & Local Government to 3/31/2026
2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026
2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026
2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly
Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026
2026-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026
2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/18/2026
2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
2026-03-09 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) Added.
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Recalled from Clerk's Desk
2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
2026-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly
Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to Next Available Calendar
2026-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Intro., P1C.
2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction
2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

The "Neighborhood Preservation Act" provides that the owner of residential rental property or residential property is required to maintain the exterior of such property and the lot on which the property is located at a level which is no less than the comm
unity standards of residential property in the area. It is prima facie evidence that the property is not maintained at such community standards if the owner of such property has been cited for three or more separate violations of local building and const
ru
ction codes or property standards governing residential property within a one-year period and the owner has not brought the property into compliance with such building and construction codes or property standards within such period.

Presently, the "Neighborhood Preservation Act" applies to Davidson County, Shelby County, Madison County, Knox County, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Oak Ridge, and Memphis. This bill adds Tipton County.

TENNESSEE LOCAL LAND BANK PROGRAM

The "Tennessee Local Land Bank Program" provides that certain local governments have the authority to create a corporation that is authorized to operate a land bank within the jurisdictional boundaries of the local government establishing the corporation
. At present, the list of such local governments includes Blount County, Davidson County, Hardeman County, Moore County, Sevier County, Trousdale County, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Clinton, East Ridge, Etowah, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville, Lenoir City
,
Memphis, Mt. Juliet, Oak Ridge, Red Bank, Sevierville, Sweetwater, and Whitwell. This bill adds Tipton County.

ON APRIL 13, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2367, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:



Adds Tipton County to the definition of a "local government" for the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program within present law.


Adds that the present law pertaining to the budgeting for a county mayor's office applies to all counties, except for Davidson and Shelby counties.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 2367
By Rose

HOUSE BILL 2328
By Lankford
HB2328
012568
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5 and
Title 13, relative to counties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-6-105, is amended by deleting the
language "and" after the semicolon in subdivision (3), and by adding the following new
subdivision (4) and redesignating the existing subdivision (4) accordingly:
(4) In any county having a population of not less than sixty thousand nine
hundred (60,900) and not more than sixty-one thousand (61,000), according to the 2020
federal census or a subsequent federal census; and
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-30-103(4), is amended by adding
the following new subdivision (H):
(H) Any county having a population of not less than sixty thousand nine hundred
(60,900) and not more than sixty-one thousand (61,000), according to the 2020 federal
census or a subsequent federal census;
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.