---
type: "Bill"
title: "Polk County - Subject to local approval, increases number of persons serving on the board of education from nine to 10 members. - Amends Chapter 118 of the Private Acts of 2002."
description: "Polk County - Subject to local approval, increases number of persons serving on the board of education from nine to 10 members. - Amends Chapter 118 of the Private Acts of 2002."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2929"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2929 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Polk County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-29"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/882a88f8-a290-4423-b6ce-57ebb22205dd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2929&GA=112"
source_hash: "062de99af36498e73f1240382b9ba9a75eada8e460476c3a5f6caff294e47cba"
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 2929 (112) — Polk County - Subject to local approval, increases number of persons serving on the board of education from nine to 10 members. - Amends Chapter 118 of the Private Acts of 2002.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0916** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0916.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2929.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2022 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-31** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2022-03-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-04-04** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0916) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-22** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-26** 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. 64
- **2022-06-01** Pr. Ch. 64

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/882a88f8-a290-4423-b6ce-57ebb22205dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).