---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8."
description: "Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "Tennessee HB 618 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dc26bc0-b23f-4fd9-bb9e-07dbc9bc7f6e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0618&ga=114"
source_hash: "e26795c18d4f9fc546c41bf818f50460305edba2f617179533fe5098011f14a8"
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 618 (114) — Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0473** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0473.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0512** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0512.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0618.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (4) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2026 Passed (1) — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (5) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 3/5/2026 Passed (1) — **76–14** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2025 Passed (2) — **61–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2025
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-24** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2025-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 61, Nays 27, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 10 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0473)
- **2026-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0512)
- **2026-02-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/5/2026
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 76, Nays 14 PNV 0 HB0618
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
- **2026-03-23** Pub. Ch. 596

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dc26bc0-b23f-4fd9-bb9e-07dbc9bc7f6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).