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SB2053 • 2026

County Government

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 68, relative to local government approval.

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Sponsor
Yager, Hicks G
Last action
2026-04-21
Official status
Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Local Approval for Quarry and Digital Asset Mining Facilities

This bill requires local government approval before a quarry or digital asset mining facility can be built in Tennessee, with specific notice requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires local legislative bodies to approve the location of quarries and digital asset mining facilities in public meetings.
  • Specifies that there must be at least 21 days' notice for these public meetings.
  • Requiring notices to be published in a county newspaper, posted on the local government's website, and physically placed near the proposed site.
  • Requires notification by mail to residents within 500 yards of the proposed facility location.
  • Defines what constitutes a 'digital asset mining facility' for the purposes of this bill.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local legislative bodies in Tennessee
  • Residents near proposed quarry and digital asset mining sites
  • Companies planning to build quarries or digital asset mining facilities

Terms To Know

digital asset mining facility
A group of computers working at a single site that consume more than one megawatt of energy annually for securing blockchain protocols and generating electronic records.
quarry
The extraction, removal, and processing of solid minerals or substances from natural deposits in the earth.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill applies only to facilities constructed on or after July 1, 2026.
  • It does not specify what happens if a local legislative body denies approval for a facility.

Amendments

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

Amendment 1-0 to HB1827

Plain English: House State & Local Government 1 Amendment No.

  • House State & Local Government 1 Amendment No.
  • 1 to HB1827 Crawford Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 2053 House Bill No.
  • 1827* HA0785 016184 - 1 - by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1.
Amendment 2-0 to HB1827

Plain English: Amendment No.

  • Amendment No.
  • 2 to HB1827 Butler Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 2053 House Bill No.
  • 1827* HA1011 017116 - 1 - by deleting subdivision (2) in § 7-51-2802 in Section 1: (2) "Nuisance quarry" means a proposed quarry that meets all of the following conditions: (A) The real property on which the proposed quarry is to be established consists of less than two hundred (200) contiguous acres and is located within a county having a population of not less than fifty-four thousand eight hundred (54,800) and not more than fifty-four thousand nine hundred (54,900), according to the 2020 or a subsequent federal census; and (B) The proposed quarry has setbacks of less than five hundred feet (500') between the boundary of active mining or extraction activity and any existing residential dwelling; and
Amendment 3-0 to HB1827

Plain English: Amendment No.

  • Amendment No.
  • 3 to HB1827 Butler Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 2053 House Bill No.
  • 1827* HA1039 017356 - 1 - by deleting subdivision (2) in § 7-51-2802 in Section 1 and substituting instead: (2) "Nuisance quarry" means a proposed quarry that meets all of the following conditions: (A) The real property on which the proposed quarry is to be established consists of less than two hundred (200) contiguous acres and is located within a county having a population of not less than fifty-four thousand eight hundred (54,800) and not more than fifty-four thousand nine hundred (54,900), according to the 2020 or a subsequent federal census; and (B) The proposed quarry has setbacks of less than five hundred feet (500') between the boundary of active mining or extraction activity and any existing residential dwelling; and
Amendment 1-0 to SB2053

Plain English: Senate State and Local Government 1 Amendment No.

  • Senate State and Local Government 1 Amendment No.
  • 1 to SB2053 Briggs Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 2053 House Bill No.
  • 1827* SA0629 014391 - 1 - by deleting subdivision (c)(2) in Section 1 and substituting: (2) "Quarry": (A) Means the extraction, removal, and mechanized processing of stone, gravel, phosphate rock, metallic ore, limestone, marble, chert, sand, dimension stone, or any other sold material or substance of commercial value, except coal and deep metal mining, including, but not limited to, zinc, found in natural deposits in the earth, where the primary purpose of the extraction, removal, and mechanized processing is the commercial production and sale or barter of such materials; and (B) Does not include excavation or removal of material that is incidental to the construction of a subterranean tunnel or system of subterranean tunnels designed primarily for the transportation of passengers and goods using electric, autonomous, or low-emission vehicles, or other emerging technology for vehicles and transportation systems, where the tunnels are constructed at depths sufficient to avoid interference with surface uses.
Amendment 2-0 to SB2053

Plain English: Amendment No.

  • Amendment No.
  • 2 to SB2053 Yager Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 2053 House Bill No.
  • 1827* SA0693 015496 - 1 - by deleting subdivision (c)(2) in Section 1 and substituting: (2) "Quarry": (A) Means the extraction, removal, and mechanized processing of stone, gravel, phosphate rock, metallic ore, limestone, marble, chert, sand, dimension stone, or any other solid mineral or substance of commercial value, except coal and deep metal mining, including, but not limited to, zinc, found in natural deposits in the earth, where the primary purpose of the extraction, removal, and mechanized processing is the commercial production and sale or barter of such materials; and (B) Does not include excavation or removal of material that is incidental to the construction of a subterranean tunnel or system of subterranean tunnels designed primarily for the transportation of passengers and goods using electric, autonomous, or low-emission vehicles, or other emerging technology for vehicles and transportation systems, where the tunnels are constructed at depths sufficient to avoid interference with surface uses.
Amendment 3-0 to SB2053

Plain English: Amendment No.

  • Amendment No.
  • 3 to SB2053 Yager Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 2053 House Bill No.
  • 1827* SA0982 016900 - 1 - by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Re-refer to S. Cal Comm

  2. 2026-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  3. 2026-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Held on desk.

  4. 2026-04-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026

  5. 2026-04-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2026

  6. 2026-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  7. 2026-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026

  8. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026

  9. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on cal. for 4/16/2026

  10. 2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate Reset on calendar for 4/20/2026

  11. 2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2026

  12. 2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on cal. for 4/8/2026

  13. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026

  14. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate Reset on calendar for 4/6/2026

  15. 2026-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026

  16. 2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate Reset on calendar for 4/2/2026

  17. 2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026

  18. 2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on next avail. cal.

  19. 2026-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026

  20. 2026-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026

  21. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026

  22. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  23. 2026-03-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate Reset on calendar for 3/30/2026

  24. 2026-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/23/2026

  25. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  26. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  27. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate Reset on calendar for 3/23/2026

  28. 2026-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026

  29. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  30. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/18/2026

  31. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  32. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  33. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/11/2026

  34. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  35. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  36. 2026-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  37. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  38. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  39. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  40. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  41. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  42. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  43. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  44. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Prior to any quarry or digital asset
mining facility being located in a
city or
county, including a county with a metropolitan form of government,
this bill requires
the appropriate local legislative body
to
approve the location for such facility in a public meeting.
As used in such provision, a
"
d
igital asset mining facility" means a group of computers working at a single site that consume more than one megawatt of energy on an average annual basis for the purpose of securing a blockchain protocol and generating controllable electronic recor
ds
.

NOTICE

This bill requires
at least
a 21-
day notice of the time and place of any meeting described
above.
The notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, placed on the local legislative body's official website, and posted in at least three places at the location where the proposed quarry or digital asset mining facility will
be constructed. The local legislative body
must
also notify by first class mail each resident whose property is within 500 yards of the proposed location.

APPLICABILITY

This bill applies to any
proposed quarry or digital asset mining facility that will be constructed on or after
July 1, 2026
.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 1827
By Hicks G

SENATE BILL 2053
By Yager
SB2053
011319
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5;
Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 68, relative to
local government approval.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, is amended by adding
the following as a new part:
7-51-2801.
(a) Prior to any quarry or digital asset mining facility being located in a county,
including a county with a metropolitan form of government, or city, the appropriate local
legislative body must approve the location for such facility in a public meeting.
(b) There must be at least twenty-one (21) calendar days' notice of the time and
place of any meeting described in subsection (a). The notice must be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county, placed on the local legislative body's
official website, and posted in at least three (3) places at the location where the
proposed quarry or digital asset mining facility will be constructed. The local legislative
body shall also notify by first class mail each resident whose property is within five
hundred (500) yards of the proposed location.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "Digital asset mining facility" means a group of computers working at
a single site that consume more than one (1) megawatt of energy on an average
annual basis for the purpose of securing a blockchain protocol and generating
controllable electronic records; and

- 2 - 011319

(2) "Quarry" means the extraction, removal, and mechanized processing
of stone, gravel, phosphate rock, metallic ore, limestone, marble, chert, sand,
dimension stone, or any other solid mineral or substance of commercial value,
except coal and deep metal mining, including, but not limited to, zinc, found in
natural deposits in the earth, for barter or sale.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to any proposed quarry or digital asset mining facility that will be constructed on or after
that date.