Legislation: batch E — CA TN VA VT WA WI WV WY

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2685.md

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "County Government - As enacted, prohibits a member of a county legislative body, who is also an employee of the county or whose spouse is such an employee, from voting on matters in which such member has a conflict of interest; requires each vote taken by a county legislative body that has the effect of increasing the pay or benefits of county employees to be by recorded electronic vote or by roll call vote; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5."
+description: "County Government - As enacted, prohibits a member of a county legislative body, who is also an employee of the county or whose spouse is such an employee, from voting on matters in which such member has a conflict of interest; requires each vote taken by a county legislative body that has the effect of increasing the pay or benefits of county employees to be by recorded electronic vote or by roll call vote; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "HB 2685"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2685 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Doggett"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25671551-3af8-4323-8466-8cabf7a34446"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2685&GA=113"
+source_hash: "e4304662e4e39fb8b8cb4956e51e9912fd8c3e331f55504bfa3041fac38213fc"
+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 2685 (113) — County Government - As enacted, prohibits a member of a county legislative body, who is also an employee of the county or whose spouse is such an employee, from voting on matters in which such member has a conflict of interest; requires each vote taken by a county legislative body that has the effect of increasing the pay or benefits of county employees to be by recorded electronic vote or by roll call vote; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment SA0668** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0668.pdf)
+2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2685.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2024 2/22/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — **86–2** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2024 Passed (2) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — **28–2** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/14/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Doggett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/14/2024
+- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/20/2024
+- **2024-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2024
+- **2024-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2024
+- **2024-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2024-02-29** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0668)
+- **2024-04-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2024-04-04** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/8/2024
+- **2024-04-08** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 86, Nays 2 PNV 0 HB2685
+- **2024-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2024-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
+- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 798
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25671551-3af8-4323-8466-8cabf7a34446`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+