---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ardmore - Subject to local approval, expands eligibility to vote in city elections to include persons that may vote for members of the general assembly in Lincoln County; reduces the number of times an ordinance must be approved by the legislative body to be effective from three to two. - Amends Chapter 801 of the Private Acts of 1949."
description: "Ardmore - Subject to local approval, expands eligibility to vote in city elections to include persons that may vote for members of the general assembly in Lincoln County; reduces the number of times an ordinance must be approved by the legislative body to be effective from three to two. - Amends Chapter 801 of the Private Acts of 1949."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2736"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2736 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ardmore"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doss", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b77992dd-b695-4344-857d-4c8d639e63a7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2736&GA=110"
source_hash: "8cc0675922233e67caeccd158021506aaa04ce8f1cea82810594dc971467b388"
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 2736 (110) — Ardmore - Subject to local approval, expands eligibility to vote in city elections to include persons that may vote for members of the general assembly in Lincoln County; reduces the number of times an ordinance must be approved by the legislative body to be effective from three to two. - Amends Chapter 801 of the Private Acts of 1949.

## 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/SB2736.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-12** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-03-19** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2018-03-19** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 54
- **2018-05-04** Pr. Ch. 54

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b77992dd-b695-4344-857d-4c8d639e63a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).