---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of schools; authorizes the hiring of attorneys for specific legal needs; requires the town judge to be a licensed attorney; shifts the responsibility of submitting an annual budget to the board of mayor and alderman from the mayor to the town manager; changes the bond requirements for contracts. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended."
description: "Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of schools; authorizes the hiring of attorneys for specific legal needs; requires the town judge to be a licensed attorney; shifts the responsibility of submitting an annual budget to the board of mayor and alderman from the mayor to the town manager; changes the bond requirements for contracts. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2913"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2913 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oakland"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Walley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/527895ca-376f-4eec-8f11-f2345b7f082e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2913&GA=112"
source_hash: "ddd23e8dc62953b5291a4e30d9a49b24b024434228af6f406a854fc3c8e4140d"
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 2913 (112) — Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the establishment of schools; authorizes the hiring of attorneys for specific legal needs; requires the town judge to be a licensed attorney; shifts the responsibility of submitting an annual budget to the board of mayor and alderman from the mayor to the town manager; changes the bond requirements for contracts. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; 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/SB2913.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-03-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-14** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 52
- **2022-04-14** Pr. Ch. 52

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/527895ca-376f-4eec-8f11-f2345b7f082e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).