---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gallatin - Subject to local approval, prohibits the mayor and aldermen from being eligible for the succeeding term in the same office if such official has served more than one-half of a four-year term and the next two subsequent four-year terms, for a maximum of 10 years in that particular office. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953."
description: "Gallatin - Subject to local approval, prohibits the mayor and aldermen from being eligible for the succeeding term in the same office if such official has served more than one-half of a four-year term and the next two subsequent four-year terms, for a maximum of 10 years in that particular office. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2709"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2709 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gallatin"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Weaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-03-14"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/273a30e3-e67b-4864-9d77-daddfadfc74b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2709&GA=110"
source_hash: "d4d3380d1e1d74ab6ca64486ecd87a7591908e90be91503fa68e66a387503546"
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 2709 (110) — Gallatin - Subject to local approval, prohibits the mayor and aldermen from being eligible for the succeeding term in the same office if such official has served more than one-half of a four-year term and the next two subsequent four-year terms, for a maximum of 10 years in that particular office. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953.

## 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/110/Bill/HB2709.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018 4/5/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-14** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-03-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-19** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Taken off notice for cal. in Local Government Committee
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1142) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pr. Ch. 51
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 51

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/273a30e3-e67b-4864-9d77-daddfadfc74b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).