Courts, Municipal - As enacted, prohibits a municipality from remediating a property maintenance violation if the cost may negatively impact the municipality's financial position, or if the cost is budgetarily prohibitive; specifies that, in addition to assessing remediation costs against a property owner in the form of a lien, a municipality may recover remediation costs through all other legal means. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 29, Chapter 3.
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Introduced
2Passed House
3Passed Senate
4To Governor
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History
2026
May 4Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821Latest
Apr 6Comp. SB subst.
Vote recorded HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 4/2/2026. Result: fail.Lower
Apr 2H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
Apr 1Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
Mar 31Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
Mar 23Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules CommitteeMinor
Vote recorded HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Lower
Mar 18Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
Mar 18Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
Mar 11Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2026
Mar 11Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
Mar 4Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
Vote recorded HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/4/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Lower
Mar 4Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2026
Feb 25Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
Feb 4P2C, ref. to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
Feb 4Assigned to s/c Civil Justice SubcommitteeMinor