---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dickson - Subject to local approval, abolishes the municipal court. - Amends Chapter 274 of the Private Acts of 1924; as amended and rewritten."
description: "Dickson - Subject to local approval, abolishes the municipal court. - Amends Chapter 274 of the Private Acts of 1924; as amended and rewritten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1453"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1453 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dickson"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c1a73ca-d70d-42d6-b435-8597dfb0f743"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1453&GA=110"
source_hash: "e6a076344d2b88277ad40fffafc5de0d58e08127a85d137f76a35527446dbd5e"
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 1453 (110) — Dickson - Subject to local approval, abolishes the municipal court. - Amends Chapter 274 of the Private Acts of 1924; 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/SB1453.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-04** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-04-10** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 16
- **2017-05-19** Pr. Ch. 16

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c1a73ca-d70d-42d6-b435-8597dfb0f743`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).