---
type: "Bill"
title: "Livingston - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of aldermen to delegate the authority to hire, suspend, and discharge town employees to the mayor by ordinance. - Amends Chapter 130 of the Acts of 1907; as amended."
description: "Livingston - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of aldermen to delegate the authority to hire, suspend, and discharge town employees to the mayor by ordinance. - Amends Chapter 130 of the Acts of 1907; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1623"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1623 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livingston"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Windle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/892a2b7b-352c-4351-a6ac-aba5150f92fd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1623&GA=112"
source_hash: "2583792bd1dc1db8781b36bb43aef2f04067fecba810582637eb2e4c97c42da4"
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 1623 (112) — Livingston - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of aldermen to delegate the authority to hire, suspend, and discharge town employees to the mayor by ordinance. - Amends Chapter 130 of the Acts of 1907; as amended.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1623.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Windle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-08** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 23
- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/892a2b7b-352c-4351-a6ac-aba5150f92fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).