---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ashland City - Subject to local approval, changes the duties of the city recorder; creates the office of city administrator and assigns duties to such office. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as rewritten."
description: "Ashland City - Subject to local approval, changes the duties of the city recorder; creates the office of city administrator and assigns duties to such office. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1557"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1557 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ashland City"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8fd0070-553b-47b9-a80b-9596ec5957f5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1557&GA=113"
source_hash: "2ed0f15b32dc7a750ed0e9f1e5b0b12ca4c2bc3aafeb67d68950d4608a573f18"
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 1557 (113) — Ashland City - Subject to local approval, changes the duties of the city recorder; creates the office of city administrator and assigns duties to such office. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as rewritten.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0216** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0216.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0340.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1557.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023 3/23/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
- **2023-03-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023
- **2023-03-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-27** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3/30/23
- **2023-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Am. withdrawn. `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-03-30** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2023-03-30** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2023-03-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0340) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0216) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Pr. Ch. 17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8fd0070-553b-47b9-a80b-9596ec5957f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).