---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franklin - Subject to local approval, changes charter provisions related to annexation to align with changes in state law for annexation. - Amends Chapter 79 of the Acts of 1903; as amended."
description: "Franklin - Subject to local approval, changes charter provisions related to annexation to align with changes in state law for annexation. - Amends Chapter 79 of the Acts of 1903; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1454"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1454 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Franklin"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7257a6-3ad5-40e4-9f72-cccc89c2d2f0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1454&GA=110"
source_hash: "1854717be63f5e0634269493355285b200b9cd9a4ad63482cc13a24c0fccd9b6"
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 1454 (110) — Franklin - Subject to local approval, changes charter provisions related to annexation to align with changes in state law for annexation. - Amends Chapter 79 of the Acts of 1903; 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/SB1454.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 5/8/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-04** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 22
- **2017-05-23** Pr. Ch. 22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b7257a6-3ad5-40e4-9f72-cccc89c2d2f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).