---
type: "Bill"
title: "Greenbrier - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and aldermen to appoint a town administrator. - Amends Chapter 207 of the Private Acts of 1996; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Greenbrier - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and aldermen to appoint a town administrator. - Amends Chapter 207 of the Private Acts of 1996; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2705"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2705 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Greenbrier"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4c5b26d-1680-44f9-ad98-789384413e15"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2705&GA=110"
source_hash: "5eb7b0471432b6a73fd5f2e1d599c4d80892fabc3953e7073482081bd9348214"
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 2705 (110) — Greenbrier - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and aldermen to appoint a town administrator. - Amends Chapter 207 of the Private Acts of 1996; as amended and rewritten.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2705.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/9/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-12** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-03-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-19** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pr. Ch. 52
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 52

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4c5b26d-1680-44f9-ad98-789384413e15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).