---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Officers - As enacted, increases the annual continuing education requirement for county commissioners from seven to eight hours; encourages counties to offer a $600 stipend to county commissioners for completion of annual training requirements. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5 and Title 7."
description: "County Officers - As enacted, increases the annual continuing education requirement for county commissioners from seven to eight hours; encourages counties to offer a $600 stipend to county commissioners for completion of annual training requirements. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5 and Title 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2677"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2677 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22b00169-2829-4d84-a8d1-837f30bd6d53"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2677&GA=113"
source_hash: "8a503900ccd23d417bab4e6357cf4f1c2e49bda7e6a5cb1339f9dc57f896af0d"
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 2677 (113) — County Officers - As enacted, increases the annual continuing education requirement for county commissioners from seven to eight hours; encourages counties to offer a $600 stipend to county commissioners for completion of annual training requirements. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5 and Title 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1081** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1081.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA1031** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA1031.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2677.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/13/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/13/2024 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/19/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2024 Passed (1) — **85–10** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/25/2024 Passed — **64–30** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/17/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Placed behind the budget
- **2024-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 10, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1081) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/25/2024
- **2024-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1031)
- **2024-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-25** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 64, Nays 30 PNV 2 HB2677
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
- **2024-05-29** Pub. Ch. 997

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22b00169-2829-4d84-a8d1-837f30bd6d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).