---
type: "Bill"
title: "Greeneville - Subject to local approval, rewrites the town charter. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Acts of 1903; as amended."
description: "Greeneville - Subject to local approval, rewrites the town charter. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Acts of 1903; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1541"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1541 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Greeneville"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/216ce915-59ff-491e-a1e4-c5737d60a483"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1541&GA=113"
source_hash: "0c76037568ba5a481c42a499a7e47163aaabefdd0856964f1c3b786a5046863d"
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 SB 1541 (113) — Greeneville - Subject to local approval, rewrites the town charter. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Acts of 1903; as amended.

## 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/SB1541.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Pr. Ch. 3

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/216ce915-59ff-491e-a1e4-c5737d60a483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).