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SB0605 • 2026

Real Property

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 11, relative to liens.

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Sponsor
Bailey, Burkhart
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details that were either redundant or not directly supported by the official source material.

Extending Notice Period for Spouse's Objection to Home Improvement Contracts

This bill extends the time a non-contracting spouse has to notify the contractor of their objection to a home improvement contract from ten days to twenty days.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 11, by extending the notice period for a non-contracting spouse's objection to a home improvement contract from ten days to twenty days.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Non-contracting spouses who object to home improvement contracts made by their partner.
  • Contractors working on real estate owned jointly or solely by one spouse.

Terms To Know

liens
Legal claims against property to secure the payment of a debt, like when someone does not pay for work done on their home.
contractor
A person or company that agrees to do work or provide services in exchange for money.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only changes the notice period and does not address other parts of the law.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect existing contracts before July 1, 2025.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  4. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 976
By Burkhart

SENATE BILL 605
By Bailey

SB0605
002582
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66,
Chapter 11, relative to liens.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 66-11-103, is amended by deleting
"ten (10) days" and substituting "twenty (20) days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.