---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cottage Grove - Subject to local approval, deletes the position of town marshal; requires candidates for the board of mayor and aldermen to be permanent residents of the city; changes reasons to declare a vacancy on the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 333 of the Private Acts of 1953; as rewritten."
description: "Cottage Grove - Subject to local approval, deletes the position of town marshal; requires candidates for the board of mayor and aldermen to be permanent residents of the city; changes reasons to declare a vacancy on the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 333 of the Private Acts of 1953; as rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2980"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2980 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cottage Grove"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22d62f2b-4673-434d-b6be-4b307d74fa6c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2980&GA=113"
source_hash: "7842e12e4385230bd910f4b2742cdcebf2d57c5c2d3d85b67ba16a9beb739fcb"
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 2980 (113) — Cottage Grove - Subject to local approval, deletes the position of town marshal; requires candidates for the board of mayor and aldermen to be permanent residents of the city; changes reasons to declare a vacancy on the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 333 of the Private Acts of 1953; as rewritten.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2980.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/21/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2024 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2024 3/14/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-14** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/18/2024
- **2024-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Pr. Ch. 49

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22d62f2b-4673-434d-b6be-4b307d74fa6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).