---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, reconstitutes boards of directors for sports authorities in certain counties having a metropolitan form of government. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7, Chapter 67."
description: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, reconstitutes boards of directors for sports authorities in certain counties having a metropolitan form of government. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7, Chapter 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1197 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional Authorities and Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8c576ff-88f9-4b2f-bc5b-b23a82736650"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1197&GA=113"
source_hash: "2288385a0f5a82894cf0af2badb7f2742bdad9fab6ccb3f7ab05e04427265327"
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 HB 1197 (113) — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, reconstitutes boards of directors for sports authorities in certain counties having a metropolitan form of government. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7, Chapter 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0279.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0408** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0408.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1197.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2023 Passed (2) — **72–24** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/28/2023 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — **74–23** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **18–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023 4/13/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/8/2023 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee-- Government Operations Committee for Review `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/8/2023
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/10/2023
- **2023-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2023
- **2023-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023
- **2023-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0279) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 18, Nays 6, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0408)
- **2023-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 410

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8c576ff-88f9-4b2f-bc5b-b23a82736650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).