---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dickson - Subject to local approval, creates a municipal court. - Amends Chapter 274 of the Private Acts of 1924; as amended."
description: "Dickson - Subject to local approval, creates a municipal court. - Amends Chapter 274 of the Private Acts of 1924; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1543"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1543 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dickson"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curcio", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-24"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994a5cfb-0c8e-40f6-8002-1b4d08162ec3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1543&GA=111"
source_hash: "bd7c7bb2d4e8868e666fd6b1143e492ba61d8b8f89dd087bc1df5175f89cdbb4"
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 1543 (111) — Dickson - Subject to local approval, creates a municipal court. - Amends Chapter 274 of the Private Acts of 1924; 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/111/Bill/HB1543.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 5/2/2019 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Curcio — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-24** R/S Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Local Bill Consent Calendar 2 for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-02** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Pr. Ch. 36
- **2019-06-06** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 36

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/994a5cfb-0c8e-40f6-8002-1b4d08162ec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).