---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, removes the requirement that each metropolitan planning organization's policy board ensures that the votes for any local government official be equally weighted and not based on population. - Amends TCA Section 64-8-301."
description: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, removes the requirement that each metropolitan planning organization's policy board ensures that the votes for any local government official be equally weighted and not based on population. - Amends TCA Section 64-8-301."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2425"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2425 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional Authorities and Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Wirgau"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c05ea9-5a60-4bc6-bc6d-5828c5bbe4d9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2425&GA=110"
source_hash: "910d9a19325806f476b3b9ada92153249f774c1abfa4dafce662962de67be2f4"
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 2425 (110) — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, removes the requirement that each metropolitan planning organization's policy board ensures that the votes for any local government official be equally weighted and not based on population. - Amends TCA Section 64-8-301.

## 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/SB2425.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **90–7** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/20/2018 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Wirgau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **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 by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Reset on cal. for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 7, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** Pub. Ch. 659
- **2018-04-11** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
- **2018-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 659

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0c05ea9-5a60-4bc6-bc6d-5828c5bbe4d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).