---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, requires members of a county legislative body to complete orientation and certain training after being elected or appointed; such training must be provided by or approved by CTAS; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5."
description: "County Government - As enacted, requires members of a county legislative body to complete orientation and certain training after being elected or appointed; such training must be provided by or approved by CTAS; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1905"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1905 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wirgau", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa6aad77-6dc6-45c5-8feb-75249eff0391"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1905&GA=110"
source_hash: "ae9a848366d05ed6651bc2980e9914c27599fb4ac74825ea4a7d93d1ea2a0ced"
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 1905 (110) — County Government - As enacted, requires members of a county legislative body to complete orientation and certain training after being elected or appointed; such training must be provided by or approved by CTAS; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5.

## 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/SB1905.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/26/2018 PASSED — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED — **80–10** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/13/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **22–4** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wirgau — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 22, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0582)
- **2018-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 10, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0838) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0838) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 718
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 718

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa6aad77-6dc6-45c5-8feb-75249eff0391`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).