---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covington - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter by amendment. - Amends Chapter 322 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Covington - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter by amendment. - Amends Chapter 322 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1643"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1643 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Covington"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-24"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9ed541a-8086-4265-9bf2-850526325143"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1643&GA=112"
source_hash: "b90e3dae18bb26b3505a359ce6dbe6b1d8eb75f45478d289954926ebddabeb32"
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 1643 (112) — Covington - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter by amendment. - Amends Chapter 322 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten.

## 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/SB1643.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-01** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 25
- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9ed541a-8086-4265-9bf2-850526325143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).