HB2009

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54, relative to highway traffic noise.

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Tennessee HB2009 amends state law to allow counties and municipalities to request traffic noise studies for residential properties near state.

Tennessee HB2009 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54, relative to highway traffic noise. It allows a county or municipality, by resolution of its legislative body, to request the department of transportation conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state highway if a tree zone has been removed, cut, or cleared behind the residential properties for purposes unrelated to natural structure or barrier.

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Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

33 Yea

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0 Nay

History

May 26

Pub. Ch. 1000

May 26

Effective date(s) 05/19/2026

May 19

Signed by Governor.