---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2205"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2205 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Swann"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b8e86de-b2d1-4dce-9940-c6d4765f44f3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2205&GA=110"
source_hash: "dfee7a3bc8f638154b8df83909e0f96b92102191a91e090967c2df7b24e18026"
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 2205 (110) — Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58.

## 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/SB2205.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-07** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Local Government Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0837) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0971)
- **2018-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 868
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 868
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/03/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b8e86de-b2d1-4dce-9940-c6d4765f44f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).