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SB1045 • 2026

Real Property

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 66, relative to real property development.

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Sponsor
Reeves, Rudd
Last action
2026-03-31
Official status
Deferred to Summer Study
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the impact or enforcement mechanisms of the bill.

Real Property Development Act

This bill stops state, county, and city governments from making developers pay for nonessential infrastructure far from their development property.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines 'development property' as real estate being built or improved upon for residential use with up to 300 single-family homes or up to 500 multi-family units.
  • Lists what counts as 'infrastructure', including roads, bridges, utility lines, and other public works.
  • Explains that 'nonessential infrastructure' is any infrastructure not needed for the development property's creation, maintenance, or growth, and includes anything not next to the property.
  • Prohibits state, county, and city governments from requiring developers to fund nonessential infrastructure far from their development property.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State, county, and municipal governments in Tennessee
  • Landowners, developers, and builders working on residential developments

Terms To Know

Development property
Real estate being built or improved for up to 300 single-family homes or up to 500 multi-family units.
Infrastructure
Includes roads, bridges, utility lines, and other public works.
Nonessential infrastructure
Any infrastructure not needed for the development property's creation, maintenance, or growth, and is far from the property.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not change tax laws, zoning rules, or permitting processes.
  • It only applies to contracts signed, renewed, or changed on or after July 1, 2025.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee

  2. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/8/2026

  3. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/8/2026

  4. 2026-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Deferred to Summer Study

  5. 2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/31/2026

  6. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/31/2026

  7. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026

  8. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026

  9. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026

  10. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026

  11. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026

  12. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2026

  13. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2026

  14. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026

  15. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026

  16. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026

  17. 2026-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026

  18. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026

  19. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/18/2026

  20. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/17/2026

  21. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026

  22. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  23. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2026

  24. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  25. 2026-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  26. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  27. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  28. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  29. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  30. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  31. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  32. 2025-01-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

For
contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after
July 1, 2025, this bill prohibits a
state, county, or municipal government, in connection to a development prope
rty
consisting of r
esidential developments under 300 single-family homes
or m
ulti-family residences under 500 units,
from
requir
ing
a landowner, developer, or builder to fund, build, or contribute to the development
either of the following:



Nonessential infrastructure that is not contiguous or adjacent to a development property of a landowner, developer, or builder
.



Nonessential infrastructure beyond the anticipated infrastructure needed for the development property as estimated at the start of the development of the development property. For purposes of this
provision
, development of a property constitutes any point from the initial planning stage through to the completion of the development property.

However, this bill clarifies that the above provisi
ons do
not repeal or modify any tax, property, zoning, or permitting laws or ordinance, nor any administrative authority granted to an administrative agency, nor any other applicable state, local, or federal laws.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 608
By Rudd

SENATE BILL 1045
By Reeves
SB1045
002460
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5;
Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 66,
relative to real property development.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, is amended by adding the following
as a new chapter:
13-31-101.
As used in this chapter, unless context provides otherwise:
(1) "Development property" means real property that is being built, improved
upon, or developed by a landowner, developer, or builder for the purposes of developing
a property, and applies only to:
(A) Residential developments under three hundred (300) single-
family homes; and
(B) Multi-family residences under five hundred (500) units;
(2) "Infrastructure" includes roads, bridges, highways, traffic lights, toll roads,
road signage, barricades, turn lanes, utility poles, electrical lines, internet cabling, and
entrances to a development property; and
(3) "Nonessential infrastructure":
(A) Means any infrastructure that is not required for the creation, ongoing
maintenance, and growth of a development property of a landowner, developer,
or builder; and
(B) Includes property that is not contiguous to the development property.
13-31-102.

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A state, county, or municipal government shall not, in connection to a
development property, require a landowner, developer, or builder to fund, build, or
contribute to the development of:
(1) Nonessential infrastructure that is not contiguous or adjacent to a
development property of a landowner, developer, or builder; or
(2) Nonessential infrastructure beyond the anticipated infrastructure
needed for the development property as estimated at the start of the
development of the development property. For purposes of this subdivision (2),
development of a property constitutes any point from the initial planning stage
through to the completion of the development property.
SECTION 2. This act does not repeal or modify any tax, property, zoning, or permitting
laws or ordinance, nor any administrative authority granted to an administrative agency, nor any
other applicable state, local, or federal laws.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after that date.