---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the town to impose fees on the development of land to pay for capital improvement; authorizes the board of mayor and aldermen to appoint and remove all directors and department heads, upon majority vote; and replaces the town manager with the board as the appointing authority for the town recorder. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended."
description: "Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the town to impose fees on the development of land to pay for capital improvement; authorizes the board of mayor and aldermen to appoint and remove all directors and department heads, upon majority vote; and replaces the town manager with the board as the appointing authority for the town recorder. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1566"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1566 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oakland"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baf43b36-bb69-4d82-a216-88bdc03f722a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1566&GA=113"
source_hash: "9a65a8a61e1821457d3a1434eddd86b952ab8c875b62e7bcca48e02e74f552d5"
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 1566 (113) — Oakland - Subject to local approval, authorizes the town to impose fees on the development of land to pay for capital improvement; authorizes the board of mayor and aldermen to appoint and remove all directors and department heads, upon majority vote; and replaces the town manager with the board as the appointing authority for the town recorder. - 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. **Amendment HA0411** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0411.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1566.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023 4/13/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/11/2023
- **2023-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., 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 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0411) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28** 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** Pr. Ch. 30

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baf43b36-bb69-4d82-a216-88bdc03f722a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).