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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Benton - Subject to local approval, changes the name of the municipality from \"town\" to \"city\". - Amends Chapter 417 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
+description: "Benton - Subject to local approval, changes the name of the municipality from \"town\" to \"city\". - Amends Chapter 417 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 1417"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1417 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Benton"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-03-01"
+last_action: "2017-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/613dfc51-5f67-40be-81b8-4841d7e40da3"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1417&GA=110"
+source_hash: "1261d0ceb22e4fb4f6fccf30c87329a556732ea153298178e2e7f77f32e2e820"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 1417 (110) — Benton - Subject to local approval, changes the name of the municipality from "town" to "city". - Amends Chapter 417 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1417.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2017 3/23/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Howell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-03-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-03-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-03-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-03-06** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-06** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
+- **2017-03-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2017
+- **2017-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
+- **2017-03-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2017-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2017-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-03-30** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2017-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-21** Pr. Ch. 3
+- **2017-04-21** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 3
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/613dfc51-5f67-40be-81b8-4841d7e40da3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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