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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bolivar - Subject to local approval, removes the mayor as a member of the city council; removes limits on salaries for mayor and council; updates city purchasing provisions to comply with state law; changes the property tax penalty percentage to comply with state law. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
+description: "Bolivar - Subject to local approval, removes the mayor as a member of the city council; removes limits on salaries for mayor and council; updates city purchasing provisions to comply with state law; changes the property tax penalty percentage to comply with state law. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "HB 1516"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1516 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bolivar"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Shaw"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-03-19"
+last_action: "2019-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f2fc3e6-eb97-499e-b4f5-8e4e3182c8cd"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1516&GA=111"
+source_hash: "2d05aa830d6c6aa3ca618eb36a1add6115d95ca304ffb93c5435b2b8c88cf44d"
+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 1516 (111) — Bolivar - Subject to local approval, removes the mayor as a member of the city council; removes limits on salaries for mayor and council; updates city purchasing provisions to comply with state law; changes the property tax penalty percentage to comply with state law. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0292.pdf)
+2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1516.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2019 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gresham — primary (person)
+- Shaw — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-19** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-03-19** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-03-21** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-03-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-03-25** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-25** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/2/2019
+- **2019-04-02** Action def. in Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee to 4/9/2019
+- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/9/2019
+- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
+- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
+- **2019-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2019-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0292) `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/25/2019
+- **2019-04-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2019-04-25** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2019-04-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-15** Pr. Ch. 11
+- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 11
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f2fc3e6-eb97-499e-b4f5-8e4e3182c8cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+