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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Portland - Subject to local approval, transfers the duty to collect taxes from the recorder to the finance director; eliminates certain other duties of the recorder; requires the city council to fix the compensation and duties of all officers and employees of the city, consistent with the charter and general law. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended."
+description: "Portland - Subject to local approval, transfers the duty to collect taxes from the recorder to the finance director; eliminates certain other duties of the recorder; requires the city council to fix the compensation and duties of all officers and employees of the city, consistent with the charter and general law. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 1540"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1540 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Portland"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-04-08"
+last_action: "2019-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aecdb1e-6b4e-47c9-99b8-f12ad506bffe"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1540&GA=111"
+source_hash: "11c1bc220d8f1bddaafec7f033426b0f27a9db644bc1d0231d04fe887cffe92d"
+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 1540 (111) — Portland - Subject to local approval, transfers the duty to collect taxes from the recorder to the finance director; eliminates certain other duties of the recorder; requires the city council to fix the compensation and duties of all officers and employees of the city, consistent with the charter and general law. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; 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/SB1540.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/29/2019 Passed (2) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/24/2019 4/23/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/29/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/23/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haile — primary (person)
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-08** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-04-09** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-04-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-04-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
+- **2019-04-15** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/24/2019
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2019
+- **2019-04-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/23/2019
+- **2019-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2019-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/29/2019
+- **2019-04-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2019-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2019-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 25
+- **2019-05-29** Pr. Ch. 25
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aecdb1e-6b4e-47c9-99b8-f12ad506bffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+