---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, removes the requirement that the office of local government have a director who is both appointed by the comptroller of the treasury and serves at the pleasure of the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Section 4-16-101."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, removes the requirement that the office of local government have a director who is both appointed by the comptroller of the treasury and serves at the pleasure of the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Section 4-16-101."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 320"
citation: "Tennessee SB 320 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Rudder"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f983316c-c875-45bf-9e83-0d80bd0dfa29"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0320&GA=111"
source_hash: "b7a03540609c2bbb7526ad923a82953b3c20c0c38cce2ad95897746c55bf139e"
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 320 (111) — Local Government, General - As enacted, removes the requirement that the office of local government have a director who is both appointed by the comptroller of the treasury and serves at the pleasure of the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Section 4-16-101.

## 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/SB0320.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/21/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/5/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Rudder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/21/2019
- **2019-02-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 100
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/11/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 100

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f983316c-c875-45bf-9e83-0d80bd0dfa29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).