---
type: "Bill"
title: "Winchester - Subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 23 of the Private Acts of 2011."
description: "Winchester - Subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 23 of the Private Acts of 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1546"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1546 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Winchester"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Rudder"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-15"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e5d7a62-ef83-4ebf-9341-54e636f786b4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1546&GA=111"
source_hash: "da6e8364c2d16717d1092ba1400075ec396339a0cf5b6a01416cd826173e6387"
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 1546 (111) — Winchester - Subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 23 of the Private Acts of 2011.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1546.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 5/1/2019 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/23/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Rudder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-04-18** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-04-18** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 34
- **2019-05-29** Pr. Ch. 34

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e5d7a62-ef83-4ebf-9341-54e636f786b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).