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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Athens - Subject to local approval, changes the maximum amount of expenditures to the state-adopted maximum that the city, board of education, and public work or improvement may spend on a purchase unless bids are requested through advertisement; reduces the term length from two years to one year for the chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and treasurer of the board of education. - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
+description: "Athens - Subject to local approval, changes the maximum amount of expenditures to the state-adopted maximum that the city, board of education, and public work or improvement may spend on a purchase unless bids are requested through advertisement; reduces the term length from two years to one year for the chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and treasurer of the board of education. - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 1520"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1520 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Athens"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Cochran"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-03-12"
+last_action: "2019-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f60ba9b6-2264-4af7-b7c4-089a7a3a541f"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1520&GA=111"
+source_hash: "0ecdf4ec16db0ab12e102663a227806d752cf41ef826544add917c339fc94ab6"
+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 SB 1520 (111) — Athens - Subject to local approval, changes the maximum amount of expenditures to the state-adopted maximum that the city, board of education, and public work or improvement may spend on a purchase unless bids are requested through advertisement; reduces the term length from two years to one year for the chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and treasurer of the board of education. - Amends Chapter 455 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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1520.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (1) — **84–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Cochran — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-12** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-03-13** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-03-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-03-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-03-18** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
+- **2019-03-18** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/2/2019
+- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
+- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2019
+- **2019-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2019-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/15/2019
+- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 7
+- **2019-05-09** Pr. Ch. 7
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f60ba9b6-2264-4af7-b7c4-089a7a3a541f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+