---
type: "Bill"
title: "Benton - Subject to local approval, changes the name of the municipality from \"town\" to \"city\". - Amends Chapter 417 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
description: "Benton - Subject to local approval, changes the name of the municipality from \"town\" to \"city\". - Amends Chapter 417 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1430"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1430 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Benton"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a31dfbe0-8226-4f6a-9277-1af44d41de48"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1430&GA=110"
source_hash: "7b56678eb3ed613a5a99d2c8c54ccda933a809741a13140979f0a6e2cc060c7e"
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 1430 (110) — Benton - Subject to local approval, changes the name of the municipality from "town" to "city". - Amends Chapter 417 of the Private Acts of 1951; 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/SB1430.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/30/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-03-06** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 3
- **2017-04-21** Pr. Ch. 3

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a31dfbe0-8226-4f6a-9277-1af44d41de48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).