---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lynnville - Subject to local approval, amends the town charter generally relative to non-resident voting rights; the vice mayor's appointment date; notice requirements for special meetings of the board of mayor and aldermen; the procedure for adopting ordinances and resolutions; the borrowing of money; the duties, compensation, and benefits of town officers; and the duties and powers of the municipal judge. - Amends Chapter 70 of the Acts of 1907; as amended."
description: "Lynnville - Subject to local approval, amends the town charter generally relative to non-resident voting rights; the vice mayor's appointment date; notice requirements for special meetings of the board of mayor and aldermen; the procedure for adopting ordinances and resolutions; the borrowing of money; the duties, compensation, and benefits of town officers; and the duties and powers of the municipal judge. - Amends Chapter 70 of the Acts of 1907; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1447"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1447 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lynnville"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doss", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-03"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cf99ddc-184d-4900-adc3-1dc241c70227"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1447&GA=110"
source_hash: "faf731d12b6df2836b01b19fab522a9e6c4bfa542a165eaa2879473030ab6825"
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 1447 (110) — Lynnville - Subject to local approval, amends the town charter generally relative to non-resident voting rights; the vice mayor's appointment date; notice requirements for special meetings of the board of mayor and aldermen; the procedure for adopting ordinances and resolutions; the borrowing of money; the duties, compensation, and benefits of town officers; and the duties and powers of the municipal judge. - Amends Chapter 70 of the Acts of 1907; as amended.

## 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/SB1447.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/8/2018 PASSED — **28–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doss — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-03** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-04-10** 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** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-24** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-26** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 34
- **2018-04-04** Pr. Ch. 34

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cf99ddc-184d-4900-adc3-1dc241c70227`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).