---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sumner County - Subject to local approval, redesignates the title of \"county executive\" to \"county mayor.\" - Amends Chapter 137 of the Private Acts of 2004."
description: "Sumner County - Subject to local approval, redesignates the title of \"county executive\" to \"county mayor.\" - Amends Chapter 137 of the Private Acts of 2004."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1501"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1501 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sumner County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/019f9be9-3bd6-4386-b44f-d5ad43d628b2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1501&GA=111"
source_hash: "952d2b4064dede32b2213cbc12555ba4c9a06e4dc7283790b726c9bbd9d9e55e"
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 HB 1501 (111) — Sumner County - Subject to local approval, redesignates the title of "county executive" to "county mayor." - Amends Chapter 137 of the Private Acts of 2004.

## 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/111/Bill/HB1501.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/4/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Pr. Ch. 1
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 1

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/019f9be9-3bd6-4386-b44f-d5ad43d628b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).