---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gates - Subject to local approval, removes authority of the board of mayor and aldermen to elect a town marshal or marshals; removes authority of a member of the board to serve as city recorder; repeals residency requirement for a person to be elected as city recorder. - Amends Chapter 286 of the Private Acts of 1943; as amended."
description: "Gates - Subject to local approval, removes authority of the board of mayor and aldermen to elect a town marshal or marshals; removes authority of a member of the board to serve as city recorder; repeals residency requirement for a person to be elected as city recorder. - Amends Chapter 286 of the Private Acts of 1943; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2978"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2978 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-12"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e05d2d7-8340-4fe8-90a2-aec3115a1f18"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2978&GA=113"
source_hash: "3326b1cc1ecb36907ceecd8418b48277eaa65415470a781b40c7bddf4965871d"
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 2978 (113) — Gates - Subject to local approval, removes authority of the board of mayor and aldermen to elect a town marshal or marshals; removes authority of a member of the board to serve as city recorder; repeals residency requirement for a person to be elected as city recorder. - Amends Chapter 286 of the Private Acts of 1943; 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/SB2978.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/28/2024 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/28/2024 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-03-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-18** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/28/2024
- **2024-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Pr. Ch. 46

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e05d2d7-8340-4fe8-90a2-aec3115a1f18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).