---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newport - Subject to local approval, rewrites the civil service system for the city fire department. - Amends Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Newport - Subject to local approval, rewrites the civil service system for the city fire department. - Amends Chapter 104 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2915"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2915 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Newport"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e436283b-492b-45ca-9c07-f10419ba7ab9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2915&GA=112"
source_hash: "ab8db1bdd37940a8f76cd0e42d898e7010a7505e9fd5cce5c95beb7202801297"
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 2915 (112) — Newport - Subject to local approval, rewrites the civil service system for the city fire department. - Amends Chapter 104 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/SB2915.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-03-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-04-14** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/28/2022
- **2022-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 61
- **2022-06-01** Pr. Ch. 61

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e436283b-492b-45ca-9c07-f10419ba7ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).