---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hornsby - Subject to local approval, reduces board of mayor and aldermen from seven to five members; deletes all references to town marshal; reduces the number of readings to approve an ordinance from three to two; abolishes the position of treasurer and transfers responsibilities to the recorder; expands authority of the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 112 of the Private Acts of 1920; as amended."
description: "Hornsby - Subject to local approval, reduces board of mayor and aldermen from seven to five members; deletes all references to town marshal; reduces the number of readings to approve an ordinance from three to two; abolishes the position of treasurer and transfers responsibilities to the recorder; expands authority of the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 112 of the Private Acts of 1920; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2722"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2722 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hornsby"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Shaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-02"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e936bd59-3761-4b41-81e2-9718a52795e3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2722&GA=110"
source_hash: "052d4765922d2b2fa5b89e5362963b93539958b72422ba6bd12b164ef18c0ba3"
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 2722 (110) — Hornsby - Subject to local approval, reduces board of mayor and aldermen from seven to five members; deletes all references to town marshal; reduces the number of readings to approve an ordinance from three to two; abolishes the position of treasurer and transfers responsibilities to the recorder; expands authority of the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 112 of the Private Acts of 1920; as amended.

## 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/HB2722.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-04-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-05** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bills
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pr. Ch. 61
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 61

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e936bd59-3761-4b41-81e2-9718a52795e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).