---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, defines \"direct interest\" and \"indirect interest\" for purposes of conflicts of interests for certain county officers; requires an indirect interest to be disclosed by the county officers; changes the penalty for a violation from a Class D felony offense to forfeiture of certain compensation and removal from office. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14."
description: "County Government - As enacted, defines \"direct interest\" and \"indirect interest\" for purposes of conflicts of interests for certain county officers; requires an indirect interest to be disclosed by the county officers; changes the penalty for a violation from a Class D felony offense to forfeiture of certain compensation and removal from office. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1758"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1758 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers", "Vital"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7645ecf6-7d8f-48d1-a3ac-bdb0a73328cb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1758&GA=112"
source_hash: "65e389891ca1b41b56e5b00c19759d1897c4ab20e4e4ca5e5eb58216676d8b89"
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 1758 (112) — County Government - As enacted, defines "direct interest" and "indirect interest" for purposes of conflicts of interests for certain county officers; requires an indirect interest to be disclosed by the county officers; changes the penalty for a violation from a Class D felony offense to forfeiture of certain compensation and removal from office. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14.

## 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/SB1758.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/8/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/15/2022 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)
- Vital — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-03** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 700
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 700

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7645ecf6-7d8f-48d1-a3ac-bdb0a73328cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).