# Tennessee SB 1814: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 18 and Title 66, relative to land surveying monuments. Tennessee SB 1814, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 18 and Title 66, relative to land surveying monuments., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-27 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1814-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1814 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 18 and Title 66, relative to land surveying monuments. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-05-27, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Criminal Offenses - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (132 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Survey marker protections carry new penalties: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee protects three types of survey markers through a new Class A misdemeanor offense. People cannot intentionally move them without replacing them, alter them, destroy them, or remove them. This applies when someone knows or reasonably should know the object is a prote… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 91 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/9/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-03-03 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-05-27: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-27: Pub. Ch. 1097 - 2026-05-22: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-05-11: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-30: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 2 (House) - 2026-04-21: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0571) (House) - 2026-04-21: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-03-12: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-03-09: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0562) (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1097.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1814.pdf) - HA0571: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0571.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1814.pdf) - SA0562: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0562.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1766: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to infrastructure development distric… (signed) - SB 1771: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13, relative to zoning outside of municipal boundaries. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1097.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1814.pdf) - [HA0571 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0571.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1814.pdf) - [SA0562 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0562.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1766: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1766-2025-2026) - [SB 1771: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1771-2025-2026) - [SB 1668: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1668-2025-2026) - [SB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1667-2025-2026) - [SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1602-2025-2026) - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1814-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).