---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grand Junction - Subject to local approval, updates description of boundaries of City of Grand Junction; revises general powers of city government; creates staggered terms for aldermen; revises vacancy provisions governing aldermen; requires ordinances to be approved by the board two times rather than three times; makes various other changes to the City Charter. - Amends Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended."
description: "Grand Junction - Subject to local approval, updates description of boundaries of City of Grand Junction; revises general powers of city government; creates staggered terms for aldermen; revises vacancy provisions governing aldermen; requires ordinances to be approved by the board two times rather than three times; makes various other changes to the City Charter. - Amends Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2740"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2740 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Grand Junction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-03-19"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2626b92a-f900-4529-9799-335570819148"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2740&GA=110"
source_hash: "c265f147f1638a496d42bfe267babae971e2750268afc0ff9fe1bbfb823c7e85"
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 2740 (110) — Grand Junction - Subject to local approval, updates description of boundaries of City of Grand Junction; revises general powers of city government; creates staggered terms for aldermen; revises vacancy provisions governing aldermen; requires ordinances to be approved by the board two times rather than three times; makes various other changes to the City Charter. - Amends Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 1969; 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/SB2740.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-03-26** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bills
- **2018-03-26** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 49
- **2018-05-04** Pr. Ch. 49

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2626b92a-f900-4529-9799-335570819148`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).