---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lebanon - Subject to local approval, establishes term limits for the mayor and aldermen; creates mechanism for the filling of vacancies on the city council created upon the filing of a qualifying petition by an alderman to run for mayor; deletes provision prohibiting the granting of a property right to a city employee. - Amends Chapter 644 of the Private Acts of 1911; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Lebanon - Subject to local approval, establishes term limits for the mayor and aldermen; creates mechanism for the filling of vacancies on the city council created upon the filing of a qualifying petition by an alderman to run for mayor; deletes provision prohibiting the granting of a property right to a city employee. - Amends Chapter 644 of the Private Acts of 1911; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1444"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1444 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lebanon"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beavers", "Pody"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/425eb137-75ea-466a-8f66-34ba7d366291"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1444&GA=110"
source_hash: "abb48ab12dd8f8bee2042827948b96ab526f0d5d63c65020e1522a6dc7318adc"
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 SB 1444 (110) — Lebanon - Subject to local approval, establishes term limits for the mayor and aldermen; creates mechanism for the filling of vacancies on the city council created upon the filing of a qualifying petition by an alderman to run for mayor; deletes provision prohibiting the granting of a property right to a city employee. - Amends Chapter 644 of the Private Acts of 1911; 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1444.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/27/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beavers — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-04-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 11
- **2017-05-19** Pr. Ch. 11

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/425eb137-75ea-466a-8f66-34ba7d366291`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).