---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kenton - Subject to local approval, authorizes the salaries of mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance; reduces, from three to two, the number of readings required for adoption of ordinances; deletes position of commissioners as heads of city departments; deletes provisions regarding bail and fines and costs; removes provision authorizing the re-appropriation of funds between departments. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1981; as amended."
description: "Kenton - Subject to local approval, authorizes the salaries of mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance; reduces, from three to two, the number of readings required for adoption of ordinances; deletes position of commissioners as heads of city departments; deletes provisions regarding bail and fines and costs; removes provision authorizing the re-appropriation of funds between departments. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1981; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1529"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1529 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Kenton"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanderson", "Stevens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24f35402-0775-4c40-9994-a274b8bb93cb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1529&GA=111"
source_hash: "2fb68fc156e19e45ef311dcc05513d52a8f80f5f8eec709df9410e458e2e1d38"
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 1529 (111) — Kenton - Subject to local approval, authorizes the salaries of mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance; reduces, from three to two, the number of readings required for adoption of ordinances; deletes position of commissioners as heads of city departments; deletes provisions regarding bail and fines and costs; removes provision authorizing the re-appropriation of funds between departments. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1981; as amended.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0293.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1529.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/18/2019 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-26** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-04-01** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0293) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 9
- **2019-05-09** Pr. Ch. 9

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24f35402-0775-4c40-9994-a274b8bb93cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).