Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB1760: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, relative to building inspections.
Status: Chaptered, May 18, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 6, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1760, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, expand present law's requirements for when a person engages a third-party inspector to complete locally required building inspections, as authorized in present law's statewide building construction safety standards. In addition to present law, this amendment requires the person or the person's designee to utilize a third-party inspector to conduct any subsequent inspections in the inspection category for which a third-party inspector was initially utilized. If a person engages a third-party inspector to complete locally required building inspections as authorized, then the person, or the person's designee, must utilize a third-party inspector to conduct any subsequent inspection related to the locally required building inspection for which the person initially engaged the third-party inspector. However, this amendment does not require a person who engages a third-party inspector to complete a locally required building inspection to engage a third-party inspector for another locally required building inspection other than an inspection related to the locally required building inspection for which the person initially engaged the third-party inspector. This amendment applies to actions taken, and conduct occurring, on or after July 1, 2026.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Senate Commerce and Labor 1 Amendment No. 1 to SB1784 Bailey Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 1784* House Bill No. 1760 by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-120-101(k)(3)(B), is amended by deleting subdivision (i) and substituting: (i) Utilize a third-party inspector to conduct any subsequent inspections in the inspection category for which a third-party inspector was initially utilized. If a person engages a third-party inspector to complete locally required building inspections as authorized by subdivision (k)(3)(A), then the person, or the person's designee, must utilize a third-party inspector to conduct any subsequent inspection related to the locally required building inspection for which the person initially engaged the third-party inspector. This subdivision (k)(3)(B)(i) does not require a person who engages a thirdparty inspector to complete a locally required building inspection to engage a third-party inspector for another locally required building inspection other than an inspection related to the locally required building inspection for which the person initially engaged the thirdparty inspector; SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to actions taken, and conduct occurring, on or after that date. SA1019