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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Lafayette - Subject to local approval, reduces the time that a person must have resided in the city, from two years to one year, to be eligible to serve as mayor or on the council; revises the relatives who may not be hired by the city due to a familial relationship with the mayor or a council member; removes the office of superintendent of streets. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended."
+description: "Lafayette - Subject to local approval, reduces the time that a person must have resided in the city, from two years to one year, to be eligible to serve as mayor or on the council; revises the relatives who may not be hired by the city due to a familial relationship with the mayor or a council member; removes the office of superintendent of streets. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HB 1618"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1618 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Lafayette"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Keisling", "Pody"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-22"
+last_action: "2021-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e702d590-f815-40a9-9f9c-0b0825637727"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1618&GA=112"
+source_hash: "e3597358eab7b0cbad9564c5074209df88a50224832148eda2f3c5da137983e8"
+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 1618 (112) — Lafayette - Subject to local approval, reduces the time that a person must have resided in the city, from two years to one year, to be eligible to serve as mayor or on the council; revises the relatives who may not be hired by the city due to a familial relationship with the mayor or a council member; removes the office of superintendent of streets. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1618.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Keisling — primary (person)
+- Pody — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-03-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-03-29** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
+- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
+- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021
+- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/22/2021
+- **2021-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2021-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2021-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 24
+- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 24
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e702d590-f815-40a9-9f9c-0b0825637727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+