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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Newport - Subject to local approval, rewrites the civil service system for the city fire department. - Amends Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten."
+description: "Newport - Subject to local approval, rewrites the civil service system for the city fire department. - Amends Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HB 2895"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2895 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Newport"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Faison", "Southerland"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2022-02-24"
+last_action: "2022-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3b234fa-f252-4832-81d6-f3ae4e04bfd5"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2895&GA=112"
+source_hash: "96f2ba1f9f55435e2b11a06421e3b1779139d54c578d9c4eb945972731c26e47"
+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 2895 (112) — Newport - Subject to local approval, rewrites the civil service system for the city fire department. - Amends Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten.
+
+## 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/HB2895.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Faison — primary (person)
+- Southerland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-28** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2022-03-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-03-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-03-07** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
+- **2022-04-14** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/19/2022
+- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022
+- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
+- **2022-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/28/2022
+- **2022-04-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-04-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-04-28** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-06-01** Pr. Ch. 61
+- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 61
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3b234fa-f252-4832-81d6-f3ae4e04bfd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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