---
type: "Bill"
title: "Centertown - Subject to local approval, requires the board of mayor and aldermen to hold regular public meetings as specified by ordinance rather than on the first Monday night of each month. - Amends Chapter 606 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
description: "Centertown - Subject to local approval, requires the board of mayor and aldermen to hold regular public meetings as specified by ordinance rather than on the first Monday night of each month. - Amends Chapter 606 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2756"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2756 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Centertown"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Matheny"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-04-05"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7ae535e-1add-4657-8005-9932ef5c94ef"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2756&GA=110"
source_hash: "c514f59bb143860a1f3efe8f0bdbef1423c81a247623fb2d8d928db52f9455f6"
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 2756 (110) — Centertown - Subject to local approval, requires the board of mayor and aldermen to hold regular public meetings as specified by ordinance rather than on the first Monday night of each month. - Amends Chapter 606 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/SB2756.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Matheny — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-05** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-04-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2018-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 62
- **2018-05-23** Pr. Ch. 62

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7ae535e-1add-4657-8005-9932ef5c94ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).