---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shelby County - As enacted, increases membership on the county board of equalization from nine to 13 members. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1."
description: "Shelby County - As enacted, increases membership on the county board of equalization from nine to 13 members. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "Tennessee HB 491 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Shelby County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lollar", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd2aca91-13e8-469b-9a11-c6d39d102a91"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0491&GA=110"
source_hash: "4d247ea612621e556756b5416de612fd700c1e934a77783022acfc710c41ecc5"
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 491 (110) — Shelby County - As enacted, increases membership on the county board of equalization from nine to 13 members. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1.

## 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/HB0491.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/21/2017 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/17/2017 4/13/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lollar — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 231
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 231
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd2aca91-13e8-469b-9a11-c6d39d102a91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).