---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to provide notice of regular and special meetings on the social media platform of the county, in addition to other notification methods. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 8, Chapter 44."
description: "County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to provide notice of regular and special meetings on the social media platform of the county, in addition to other notification methods. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 8, Chapter 44."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1774"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1774 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky", "Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/679b24c4-c1d4-4e35-95f9-16084b7abf99"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1774&GA=112"
source_hash: "35b46fa50c07850eb36f7c58515393769ea5b17bfa08455ef9288a6e735682d2"
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 1774 (112) — County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to provide notice of regular and special meetings on the social media platform of the county, in addition to other notification methods. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 8, Chapter 44.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0488** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0488.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0703** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0703.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1774.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/7/2022 2/3/2022 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 1/25/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/31/2022 Passed — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/1/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/7/2022 Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cepicky — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `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** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 1/25/2022
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-01-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/1/2022
- **2022-02-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/3/2022
- **2022-02-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/7/2022
- **2022-02-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0488) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-02-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0703)
- **2022-03-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-28** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/31/22
- **2022-03-31** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 88, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB1677
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 830
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 830

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/679b24c4-c1d4-4e35-95f9-16084b7abf99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).