---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, creates \"Tennessee Rural Mayors Day\" to be observed on the first Monday of October each year. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2."
description: "Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, creates \"Tennessee Rural Mayors Day\" to be observed on the first Monday of October each year. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 541"
citation: "Tennessee HB 541 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays and Days of Special Observance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doss", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bb81d6b-b783-40c9-8887-2761cfef3a42"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0541&GA=110"
source_hash: "81d3a4ce588c7a6af3c13912beb7bef73a8144af7de6e719e178c35b995c469b"
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 541 (110) — Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, creates "Tennessee Rural Mayors Day" to be observed on the first Monday of October each year. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

## 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/HB0541.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2017 4/6/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/29/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doss — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-03** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. S&L Govt. Comm. 4/4/17
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 176
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 176
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bb81d6b-b783-40c9-8887-2761cfef3a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).