Oh yeah, there's a money laundering angle to this - "prove that you're actually renting an apartment and not receiving illegal funds".

> It'll probably get knocked down

Well, to actually get it struck down, they will need to enforce it against someone who is prepared to fight. And I mean, if you're a landlord, do you really want to go to war with the state government? End up with the board of health doing surprise inspections on every one of your units, etc..

And then for everyone else, if you rent to illegals then it's regulatory uncertainty and if you don't then it's not...

I think the real risk for Tennessee is that a malicious DA will bring a trash case against someone who has nothing to lose just for the purpose of getting the law overturned.